Two nouns, or groups of nouns, may be joined in one of two ways:
The following table illustrates these principles. [2] In some cases the constituents of the compounds are themselves compounds: these subsidiary compounds are marked with [square brackets].
Definite (possessive) | Indefinite (qualifier) | Complement | Meaning |
---|---|---|---|
kimsenin | cevabı | nobody's answer | |
kimse | cevabı | the answer "nobody" | |
Atatürk'ün | evi | Atatürk's house | |
Atatürk | Bulvarı | Atatürk Boulevard (named after, not belonging to, Atatürk) | |
Orhan'ın | ismi | Orhan's name | |
Orhan | ismi | the name "Orhan" | |
Türk | Dil Kurumu | Turkish language-society | |
Türk Dili | Dergisi | Turkish-language review | |
Ford | aile arabası | Ford family car | |
Ford'un | aile arabası | (Mr) Ford's family car | |
Ford ailesinin | arabası | the Ford family's car [3] | |
Ankara | Kız Lisesi [4] | Ankara Girls' School | |
sene sonu | imtihanları | year-end examinations | |
Bulgaristan'ın | İstanbul Başkonsolosluğu | the Istanbul Consulate-General of Bulgaria (located in Istanbul, but belonging to Bulgaria) | |
[[İstanbul Üniversitesi] [Edebiyat Fakültesi]] | [[Türk Edebiyatı] Profesörü | Professor of Turkish Literature in the Faculty of Letters of the University of Istanbul | |
ne oldum | delisi | "what-have-I-become!" madman = parvenu who gives himself airs |
As the last example shows, the qualifying expression may be a substantival sentence rather than a noun or noun group. [5]
Two nouns, or groups of nouns, may be joined in one of two ways:
The following table illustrates these principles. [2] In some cases the constituents of the compounds are themselves compounds: these subsidiary compounds are marked with [square brackets].
Definite (possessive) | Indefinite (qualifier) | Complement | Meaning |
---|---|---|---|
kimsenin | cevabı | nobody's answer | |
kimse | cevabı | the answer "nobody" | |
Atatürk'ün | evi | Atatürk's house | |
Atatürk | Bulvarı | Atatürk Boulevard (named after, not belonging to, Atatürk) | |
Orhan'ın | ismi | Orhan's name | |
Orhan | ismi | the name "Orhan" | |
Türk | Dil Kurumu | Turkish language-society | |
Türk Dili | Dergisi | Turkish-language review | |
Ford | aile arabası | Ford family car | |
Ford'un | aile arabası | (Mr) Ford's family car | |
Ford ailesinin | arabası | the Ford family's car [3] | |
Ankara | Kız Lisesi [4] | Ankara Girls' School | |
sene sonu | imtihanları | year-end examinations | |
Bulgaristan'ın | İstanbul Başkonsolosluğu | the Istanbul Consulate-General of Bulgaria (located in Istanbul, but belonging to Bulgaria) | |
[[İstanbul Üniversitesi] [Edebiyat Fakültesi]] | [[Türk Edebiyatı] Profesörü | Professor of Turkish Literature in the Faculty of Letters of the University of Istanbul | |
ne oldum | delisi | "what-have-I-become!" madman = parvenu who gives himself airs |
As the last example shows, the qualifying expression may be a substantival sentence rather than a noun or noun group. [5]