telefonçu
/telefontʃu/ · plural telefonçula
telephone operator — A person who works at a telephone exchange. A woman operator is telefonçu tişirıw.
- telefonçu tişirıw — a woman telephone operator
- telefonçu köb saqlatmay, Moskvanı berdi — the telephone operator, without keeping me waiting long, put Moscow through
- telefonçu işleydi — the telephone operator is working
- men telefonçunu çaqırdım — I called the telephone operator
- telefonçu keldi — the telephone operator came
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | telefonçuthe telephone operator | telefonçummy telephone operator | telefonçuŋyour telephone operator | telefonçusuhis telephone operator | telefonçubuzour telephone operator | telefonçuğuzyou all's telephone operator | telefonçularıtheir telephone operators |
| Genitive | telefonçunuthe telephone operator's | telefonçumumy telephone operator's | telefonçuŋuyour telephone operator's | telefonçusunuhis telephone operator's | telefonçubuznuour telephone operator's | telefonçuğuznuyou all's telephone operator's | telefonçularınıtheir telephone operators' |
| Accusative | telefonçunuthe telephone operator (as the object) | telefonçumumy telephone operator (as the object) | telefonçuŋuyour telephone operator (as the object) | telefonçusunhis telephone operator (as the object) | telefonçubuznuour telephone operator (as the object) | telefonçuğuznuyou all's telephone operator (as the object) | telefonçularıntheir telephone operators (as the object) |
| Dative | telefonçuğato the telephone operator | telefonçumato my telephone operator | telefonçuŋato your telephone operator | telefonçusunato his telephone operator | telefonçubuzğato our telephone operator | telefonçuğuzğato you all's telephone operator | telefonçularınato their telephone operators |
| Locative | telefonçudain / at the telephone operator | telefonçumdain / at my telephone operator | telefonçuŋdain / at your telephone operator | telefonçusundain / at his telephone operator | telefonçubuzdain / at our telephone operator | telefonçuğuzdain / at you all's telephone operator | telefonçularındain / at their telephone operators |
| Ablative | telefonçudanfrom the telephone operator | telefonçumdanfrom my telephone operator | telefonçuŋdanfrom your telephone operator | telefonçusundanfrom his telephone operator | telefonçubuzdanfrom our telephone operator | telefonçuğuzdanfrom you all's telephone operator | telefonçularındanfrom their telephone operators |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | telefonçulathe telephone operators | telefonçularımmy telephone operators | telefonçularıŋyour telephone operators | telefonçularıhis telephone operators | telefonçularıbızour telephone operators | telefonçularığızyou all's telephone operators | telefonçularıtheir telephone operators |
| Genitive | telefonçulanıthe telephone operators' | telefonçularımımy telephone operators' | telefonçularıŋıyour telephone operators' | telefonçularınıhis telephone operators' | telefonçularıbıznıour telephone operators' | telefonçularığıznıyou all's telephone operators' | telefonçularınıtheir telephone operators' |
| Accusative | telefonçulanıthe telephone operators (as the object) | telefonçularımımy telephone operators (as the object) | telefonçularıŋıyour telephone operators (as the object) | telefonçularınhis telephone operators (as the object) | telefonçularıbıznıour telephone operators (as the object) | telefonçularığıznıyou all's telephone operators (as the object) | telefonçularıntheir telephone operators (as the object) |
| Dative | telefonçulağato the telephone operators | telefonçularımato my telephone operators | telefonçularıŋato your telephone operators | telefonçularınato his telephone operators | telefonçularıbızğato our telephone operators | telefonçularığızğato you all's telephone operators | telefonçularınato their telephone operators |
| Locative | telefonçuladain / at the telephone operators | telefonçularımdain / at my telephone operators | telefonçularıŋdain / at your telephone operators | telefonçularındain / at his telephone operators | telefonçularıbızdain / at our telephone operators | telefonçularığızdain / at you all's telephone operators | telefonçularındain / at their telephone operators |
| Ablative | telefonçuladanfrom the telephone operators | telefonçularımdanfrom my telephone operators | telefonçularıŋdanfrom your telephone operators | telefonçularındanfrom his telephone operators | telefonçularıbızdanfrom our telephone operators | telefonçularığızdanfrom you all's telephone operators | telefonçularındanfrom their telephone operators |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: telefonçuları can mean "his / her telephone operators", "their telephone operator", or "their telephone operators" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.