literatura
/literatura/
Definition
literature, the body of written artistic and scholarly works
- suratlaw literatura derslede oquladı — imaginative literature is read in the lessons
- Qaraçay literatura baydı — Karachay literature is rich
- literatura bla küreşgen adam — a person who occupies himself with literature
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | literaturathe literature | literaturalathe literatures | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | literaturanıthe literature's | literaturalanıthe literatures' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | literaturanıthe literature (as the object) | literaturalanıthe literatures (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | literaturağato the literature | literaturalağato the literatures | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | literaturadaat / in the literature | literaturaladaat / in the literatures | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | literaturadanfrom the literature | literaturaladanfrom the literatures | where it comes from; also "than" when comparing |
When to use each case
- nominative
- the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence
- genitive
- the owner — whose it is
- accusative
- a specific, known object — whom or what
- dative
- direction or recipient — to where, to whom
- locative
- where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it"
- ablative
- where it comes from; also "than" when comparing
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.
With an owner
| One owned | Several owned | |
|---|---|---|
| my | literaturammy literature | literaturalarımmy literatures |
| your | literaturangyour literature | literaturalarıngyour literatures |
| his / her | literaturasıhis / her literature | literaturalarıhis / her literatures |
| our | literaturabızour literature | literaturalarıbızour literatures |
| you all's | literaturağızyou all's literature | literaturalarığızyou all's literatures |
| their | literaturalarıtheir literature | literaturalarıtheir literatures |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: literaturaları can mean "his / her literatures", "their literature", or "their literatures" — context decides.