tehnik
/texnik/
Definition
a technician, a specialist trained in a technical trade
- inzhenerle bla tehnikle — the engineers and the technicians
- samolötnu tehnigi — the aircraft's technician
- tehnik bolub işleydi — he works as a technician
Feedback
or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tehnikthe technician | tehniklethe technicians | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | tehniknithe technician's | tehniklenithe technicians' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | tehniknithe technician (as the object) | tehniklenithe technicians (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | tehnikgeto the technician | tehniklegeto the technicians | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | tehnikdeat / in the technician | tehnikledeat / in the technicians | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | tehnikdenfrom the technician | tehnikledenfrom the technicians | 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 | tehnigimmy technician | tehniklerimmy technicians |
| your | tehnigingyour technician | tehnikleringyour technicians |
| his / her | tehnigihis / her technician | tehniklerihis / her technicians |
| our | tehnigibizour technician | tehnikleribizour technicians |
| you all's | tehnigigizyou all's technician | tehniklerigizyou all's technicians |
| their | tehnikleritheir technician | tehnikleritheir technicians |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: tehnikleri can mean "his / her technicians", "their technician", or "their technicians" — context decides.