tarlaw
/tarlaw/
Definitions
1. field, a piece of land put to tillage or to hay
- buday tarlaw — a wheat field
- biçen tarlaw — a hay meadow
- mallanı buday tarlawğa iymegiz — do not let the cattle into the wheat field
2. wild millet, a grass that comes up of itself on ploughland
- tarlaw kırdıkla — stands of wild millet
- tarlawnu orurğa — to cut the wild millet
- tarlaw bitgendi — the wild millet has come up
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| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tarlawthe field | tarlawlathe fields | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | tarlawnuthe field's | tarlawlanıthe fields' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | tarlawnuthe field (as the object) | tarlawlanıthe fields (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | tarlawğato the field | tarlawlağato the fields | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | tarlawdaat / in the field | tarlawladaat / in the fields | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | tarlawdanfrom the field | tarlawladanfrom the fields | 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 | tarlawummy field | tarlawlarımmy fields |
| your | tarlawungyour field | tarlawlarıngyour fields |
| his / her | tarlawuhis / her field | tarlawlarıhis / her fields |
| our | tarlawubuzour field | tarlawlarıbızour fields |
| you all's | tarlawuğuzyou all's field | tarlawlarığızyou all's fields |
| their | tarlawlarıtheir field | tarlawlarıtheir fields |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: tarlawları can mean "his / her fields", "their field", or "their fields" — context decides.