maşina
/maʃina/
Definitions
1. car, automobile, motor vehicle
- maşina bla şaharğa jolğa çıqdıq — we set out for the city by car
- taw jolda maşina saq jürüydü — the car drives carefully on the mountain road
- jangı maşina alıb quwandı jaş — buying a new car, the youth rejoiced
2. machine, mechanical apparatus, engine
- zawodda küçlü maşinala işleydile — powerful machines operate in the plant
- tikgen maşina bla kiyim tikdi — she sewed clothes with a sewing machine
- maşinanı buzmay tutarğa kerekdi — one must maintain the machine without damaging it
Feedback
or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | maşinathe car | maşinalathe cars | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | maşinanıthe car's | maşinalanıthe cars' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | maşinanıthe car (as the object) | maşinalanıthe cars (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | maşinağato the car | maşinalağato the cars | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | maşinadaat / in the car | maşinaladaat / in the cars | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | maşinadanfrom the car | maşinaladanfrom the cars | 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 | maşinammy car | maşinalarımmy cars |
| your | maşinangyour car | maşinalarıngyour cars |
| his / her | maşinasıhis / her car | maşinalarıhis / her cars |
| our | maşinabızour car | maşinalarıbızour cars |
| you all's | maşinağızyou all's car | maşinalarığızyou all's cars |
| their | maşinalarıtheir car | maşinalarıtheir cars |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: maşinaları can mean "his / her cars", "their car", or "their cars" — context decides.