tabı
/tabɯ/
Definitions
1. opportunity, chance, a favourable moment
- tabı tüşse — if the chance comes
- tabı tabılmadı — no opportunity was found
2. the easiest or most convenient way of doing a thing
- tabına tüzelirge — to find the knack of a thing
Feedback
or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tabıthe opportunity | tabılathe opportunities | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | tabınıthe opportunity's | tabılanıthe opportunities' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | tabınıthe opportunity (as the object) | tabılanıthe opportunities (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | tabığato the opportunity | tabılağato the opportunities | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | tabıdaat / in the opportunity | tabıladaat / in the opportunities | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | tabıdanfrom the opportunity | tabıladanfrom the opportunities | 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 | tabımmy opportunity | tabılarımmy opportunities |
| your | tabıngyour opportunity | tabılarıngyour opportunities |
| his / her | tabısıhis / her opportunity | tabılarıhis / her opportunities |
| our | tabıbızour opportunity | tabılarıbızour opportunities |
| you all's | tabığızyou all's opportunity | tabılarığızyou all's opportunities |
| their | tabılarıtheir opportunity | tabılarıtheir opportunities |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: tabıları can mean "his / her opportunities", "their opportunity", or "their opportunities" — context decides.