ritorika
/ritorika/
Definitions
1. rhetoric, the art of speaking and writing persuasively
- ritorikanı üretgen ustaz — a teacher who teaches rhetoric
- ritorika soruw — a rhetorical question
- ritorika ders başlandı — the rhetoric lesson has begun
2. inflated and empty grandiloquence of speech
- mağanasız ritorika nazmunu buzadı — empty rhetoric spoils a poem
- sözü ritorikadan toludu — his speech is full of grandiloquence
- ritorika bla halqnı aldadı — he deceived the people with grandiloquence
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ritorikathe rhetoric | ritorikalathe rhetorics | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | ritorikanıthe rhetoric's | ritorikalanıthe rhetorics' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | ritorikanıthe rhetoric (as the object) | ritorikalanıthe rhetorics (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | ritorikağato the rhetoric | ritorikalağato the rhetorics | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | ritorikadaat / in the rhetoric | ritorikaladaat / in the rhetorics | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | ritorikadanfrom the rhetoric | ritorikaladanfrom the rhetorics | 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 | ritorikammy rhetoric | ritorikalarımmy rhetorics |
| your | ritorikangyour rhetoric | ritorikalarıngyour rhetorics |
| his / her | ritorikasıhis / her rhetoric | ritorikalarıhis / her rhetorics |
| our | ritorikabızour rhetoric | ritorikalarıbızour rhetorics |
| you all's | ritorikağızyou all's rhetoric | ritorikalarığızyou all's rhetorics |
| their | ritorikalarıtheir rhetoric | ritorikalarıtheir rhetorics |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: ritorikaları can mean "his / her rhetorics", "their rhetoric", or "their rhetorics" — context decides.