literatura
/literatura/ · plural literaturala
1. literature, artistic writing such as poetry, prose and drama — Before another noun it means literary, as in literatura iŋir (a literary evening) and literatura jigit (a literary hero). literatura til is the standard literary language.
- orus literatura — Russian literature
- Qaraçay literatura baydı — Karachay literature is rich
- suratlaw literatura — fiction (literally artistic literature)
- suratlaw literatura derslede oquladı — fiction is read in class
- literatura bla küreşgen adam — a person who works in literature
- literatura iŋir — a literary evening
2. published works on a particular subject, as in scholarly or technical literature
- politika literatura oquydu — he reads political literature
- bu soruwnu üsünden literatura — literature on this question
- diplom işni literaturası — the literature of a thesis
- kerekli literaturanı izleyme — I am looking for the literature I need
- ilmu literaturanı oquğanbız — we have read the scholarly literature
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | literaturathe literature | literaturammy literature | literaturaŋyour literature | literaturasıhis literature | literaturabızour literature | literaturağızyou all's literature | literaturalarıtheir literatures |
| Genitive | literaturanıthe literature's | literaturamımy literature's | literaturaŋıyour literature's | literaturasınıhis literature's | literaturabıznıour literature's | literaturağıznıyou all's literature's | literaturalarınıtheir literatures' |
| Accusative | literaturanıthe literature (as the object) | literaturamımy literature (as the object) | literaturaŋıyour literature (as the object) | literaturasınhis literature (as the object) | literaturabıznıour literature (as the object) | literaturağıznıyou all's literature (as the object) | literaturalarıntheir literatures (as the object) |
| Dative | literaturağato the literature | literaturamato my literature | literaturaŋato your literature | literaturasınato his literature | literaturabızğato our literature | literaturağızğato you all's literature | literaturalarınato their literatures |
| Locative | literaturadain / at the literature | literaturamdain / at my literature | literaturaŋdain / at your literature | literaturasındain / at his literature | literaturabızdain / at our literature | literaturağızdain / at you all's literature | literaturalarındain / at their literatures |
| Ablative | literaturadanfrom the literature | literaturamdanfrom my literature | literaturaŋdanfrom your literature | literaturasındanfrom his literature | literaturabızdanfrom our literature | literaturağızdanfrom you all's literature | literaturalarındanfrom their literatures |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | literaturalathe literatures | literaturalarımmy literatures | literaturalarıŋyour literatures | literaturalarıhis literatures | literaturalarıbızour literatures | literaturalarığızyou all's literatures | literaturalarıtheir literatures |
| Genitive | literaturalanıthe literatures' | literaturalarımımy literatures' | literaturalarıŋıyour literatures' | literaturalarınıhis literatures' | literaturalarıbıznıour literatures' | literaturalarığıznıyou all's literatures' | literaturalarınıtheir literatures' |
| Accusative | literaturalanıthe literatures (as the object) | literaturalarımımy literatures (as the object) | literaturalarıŋıyour literatures (as the object) | literaturalarınhis literatures (as the object) | literaturalarıbıznıour literatures (as the object) | literaturalarığıznıyou all's literatures (as the object) | literaturalarıntheir literatures (as the object) |
| Dative | literaturalağato the literatures | literaturalarımato my literatures | literaturalarıŋato your literatures | literaturalarınato his literatures | literaturalarıbızğato our literatures | literaturalarığızğato you all's literatures | literaturalarınato their literatures |
| Locative | literaturaladain / at the literatures | literaturalarımdain / at my literatures | literaturalarıŋdain / at your literatures | literaturalarındain / at his literatures | literaturalarıbızdain / at our literatures | literaturalarığızdain / at you all's literatures | literaturalarındain / at their literatures |
| Ablative | literaturaladanfrom the literatures | literaturalarımdanfrom my literatures | literaturalarıŋdanfrom your literatures | literaturalarındanfrom his literatures | literaturalarıbızdanfrom our literatures | literaturalarığızdanfrom you all's literatures | literaturalarındanfrom their 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.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.