rabfak
/rabfak/
Definition
a workers' faculty, the Soviet preparatory school that readied working people without secondary schooling for higher education
- rabfakda oqurğa — to study at the workers' faculty
- rabfaklağa barmağan kişi qalmağandı — there was hardly anyone left who did not go to a workers' faculty
- rabfaknı boşarğa — to finish the workers' faculty
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rabfakthe workers' faculty | rabfaklathe workers' faculties | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | rabfaknıthe workers' faculty's | rabfaklanıthe workers' faculties' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | rabfaknıthe workers' faculty (as the object) | rabfaklanıthe workers' faculties (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | rabfakhato the workers' faculty | rabfaklağato the workers' faculties | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | rabfakdaat / in the workers' faculty | rabfakladaat / in the workers' faculties | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | rabfakdanfrom the workers' faculty | rabfakladanfrom the workers' faculties | 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 | rabfagımmy workers' faculty | rabfaklarımmy workers' faculties |
| your | rabfagıngyour workers' faculty | rabfaklarıngyour workers' faculties |
| his / her | rabfagıhis / her workers' faculty | rabfaklarıhis / her workers' faculties |
| our | rabfagıbızour workers' faculty | rabfaklarıbızour workers' faculties |
| you all's | rabfagığızyou all's workers' faculty | rabfaklarığızyou all's workers' faculties |
| their | rabfaklarıtheir workers' faculty | rabfaklarıtheir workers' faculties |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: rabfakları can mean "his / her workers' faculties", "their workers' faculty", or "their workers' faculties" — context decides.