tölü
/ tøly /
Definitions noun generation, age-cohort, contemporaries
Definitions noun offspring, progeny, descendant
Definitions noun young, newborn animals, increase of stock
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tölü the generation | tölüle the generations | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | tölünü the generation's | tölüleni the generations' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | tölünü the generation (as the object) | tölüleni the generations (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | tölüge to the generation | tölülege to the generations | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | tölüde at / in the generation | tölülede at / in the generations | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | tölüden from the generation | tölüleden from the generations | 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 | tölüm my generation | tölülerim my generations |
| your | tölüŋ your generation | tölüleriŋ your generations |
| his / her | tölüsü his / her generation | tölüleri his / her generations |
| our | tölübüz our generation | tölüleribiz our generations |
| you all's | tölügüz you all's generation | tölülerigiz you all's generations |
| their | tölüleri their generation | tölüleri their generations |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: tölüleri can mean "his / her generations", "their generation", or "their generations" — context decides.