nizam
/nizam/
Definitions
1. order, orderliness, discipline
- tamata bolmağan jerde nizam bolmaz — where there is no elder there will be no order
- şkolda nizam osalğa ketgendi — discipline at the school has grown poor
- nizam salırğa — to put things in order
2. a rule, a regulation
- jol nizamlanı buzarğa — to break the road rules
- üynü nizamın saqlarğa — to keep the rules of the house
- nizamlanı bilirge kerekdi — one must know the rules
3. a settled way of life, a regime
- jangı nizam — a new regime
- eski nizam türlendi — the old regime has changed
- nizamğa ürengendi — he has grown used to the settled routine
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | nizamthe order | nizamlathe orders | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | nizamnıthe order's | nizamlanıthe orders' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | nizamnıthe order (as the object) | nizamlanıthe orders (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | nizamğato the order | nizamlağato the orders | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | nizamdaat / in the order | nizamladaat / in the orders | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | nizamdanfrom the order | nizamladanfrom the orders | 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 | nizamımmy order | nizamlarımmy orders |
| your | nizamıngyour order | nizamlarıngyour orders |
| his / her | nizamıhis / her order | nizamlarıhis / her orders |
| our | nizamıbızour order | nizamlarıbızour orders |
| you all's | nizamığızyou all's order | nizamlarığızyou all's orders |
| their | nizamlarıtheir order | nizamlarıtheir orders |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: nizamları can mean "his / her orders", "their order", or "their orders" — context decides.