tufli

/tufli/

Definition

(n.) shoe, a light low shoe that does not cover the ankle — The word was taken over in the Russian plural form and is used in Karachay as a singular, with the ordinary plural туфлиле built on it.

jangı tuflile — new shoes
bir tuflimi tabmayma — I cannot find one of my shoes
tuflilerin kiydi — she put on her shoes

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Cases

	Singular	Plural	When to use it
nominative	tuflithe shoe	tuflilethe shoes	the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence
genitive	tuflinithe shoe's	tuflilenithe shoes'	the owner — whose it is
accusative	tuflinithe shoe (as the object)	tuflilenithe shoes (as the object)	a specific, known object — whom or what
dative	tufligeto the shoe	tuflilegeto the shoes	direction or recipient — to where, to whom
locative	tuflideat / in the shoe	tufliledeat / in the shoes	where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it"
ablative	tuflidenfrom the shoe	tufliledenfrom the shoes	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	tuflimmy shoe	tuflilerimmy shoes
your	tuflingyour shoe	tuflileringyour shoes
his / her	tuflisihis / her shoe	tuflilerihis / her shoes
our	tuflibizour shoe	tuflileribizour shoes
you all's	tufligizyou all's shoe	tuflilerigizyou all's shoes
their	tuflileritheir shoe	tuflileritheir shoes

The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: tuflileri can mean "his / her shoes", "their shoe", or "their shoes" — context decides.