metro
/metro/
Definition
underground railway, a city railway running below ground
- metroğa tüşdü — he went down into the underground
- metrodan çıqmay — without coming up out of the underground
- metro bla bardı — he travelled by underground
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | metrothe underground | metrolathe undergrounds | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | metronuthe underground's | metrolanıthe undergrounds' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | metronuthe underground (as the object) | metrolanıthe undergrounds (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | metroğato the underground | metrolağato the undergrounds | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | metrodaat / in the underground | metroladaat / in the undergrounds | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | metrodanfrom the underground | metroladanfrom the undergrounds | 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 | metrommy underground | metrolarımmy undergrounds |
| your | metrongyour underground | metrolarıngyour undergrounds |
| his / her | metrosuhis / her underground | metrolarıhis / her undergrounds |
| our | metrobuzour underground | metrolarıbızour undergrounds |
| you all's | metroğuzyou all's underground | metrolarığızyou all's undergrounds |
| their | metrolarıtheir underground | metrolarıtheir undergrounds |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: metroları can mean "his / her undergrounds", "their underground", or "their undergrounds" — context decides.