An island is land surrounded by water.

The idea

Ada means island. Adaya marks movement to an island, adada a location on one, and adanın links it to a feature such as its shore. After the final vowel, the dative uses linking y and the genitive uses linking n.

Examples

  • Adaya sabah tekneyle vardık.We arrived on the island by boat in the morning.
  • Adada çocuklar bisiklet sürüyor.Children are riding bicycles on the island.
  • Adanın sahilinde bugün yürüdük.We walked along the island’s shore today.
  • Küçük ada denizin ortasında.The small island is in the middle of the sea.
  • Adadan akşam feribot kalkıyor.A ferry leaves the island in the evening.
  • Adada iki köy var.There are two villages on the island.

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Watch out

Write adaya with y and adanın with n. The location adada needs neither linking consonant before -da.

Try it yourself

  1. We arrived on the island by boat. (destination) ___ tekneyle vardık.

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    adaya

    adaya: linking y precedes dative -a.

  2. Children are riding bicycles on the island. (location) Çocuklar ___ bisiklet sürüyor.

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    adada

    adada: locative -da follows the noun directly.

  3. We walked along the island’s shore today. (of the island) ___ sahilinde bugün yürüdük.

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    adanın

    adanın: linking n precedes genitive -ın.

Use it today

Describe how you reach an island and what you see on its shore.