mestoimenie
/mestoimenie/
Definition
a pronoun
- ielik mestoimenie — a possessive pronoun
- betlewçü mestoimenie — a personal pronoun
- mestoimenieni türlüleri — the kinds of pronoun
Related
almaşsynonympronoun — the grammatical term; alternately, by turns, in rotation
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mestoimeniethe pronoun | mestoimenielethe pronouns | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | mestoimenienithe pronoun's | mestoimenielenithe pronouns' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | mestoimenienithe pronoun (as the object) | mestoimenielenithe pronouns (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | mestoimeniegeto the pronoun | mestoimenielegeto the pronouns | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | mestoimeniedeat / in the pronoun | mestoimenieledeat / in the pronouns | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | mestoimeniedenfrom the pronoun | mestoimenieledenfrom the pronouns | 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 | mestoimeniemmy pronoun | mestoimenielerimmy pronouns |
| your | mestoimeniengyour pronoun | mestoimenieleringyour pronouns |
| his / her | mestoimeniesihis / her pronoun | mestoimenielerihis / her pronouns |
| our | mestoimeniebizour pronoun | mestoimenieleribizour pronouns |
| you all's | mestoimeniegizyou all's pronoun | mestoimenielerigizyou all's pronouns |
| their | mestoimenieleritheir pronoun | mestoimenieleritheir pronouns |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: mestoimenieleri can mean "his / her pronouns", "their pronoun", or "their pronouns" — context decides.