A ripe tomato can be sliced for breakfast.

The idea

Domates means tomato. Use domatesi for a definite object and domatesin for “of the tomato”. After iki, the noun stays singular: iki domates.

Examples

  • Domatesi kahvaltı için doğradım.I chopped the tomato for breakfast.
  • Salataya bugün iki domates koydum.I put two tomatoes in the salad today.
  • Domatesler pazarda bugün çok taze.The tomatoes at the market are very fresh today.
  • Domatesin kabuğu çok ince.The tomato's skin is very thin.
  • Bu domates kırmızı ve olgun.This tomato is red and ripe.
  • Çorbaya domates ekliyoruz.We add tomato to the soup.

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Watch out

Do not add a plural suffix after a number: say iki domates. Use domatesin before a possessed noun such as kabuğu.

Try it yourself

  1. I chopped the tomato for breakfast. (specific object) ___ kahvaltı için doğradım.

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    domatesi

    domatesi marks the chopped tomato as the definite object.

  2. I put two tomatoes in the salad today. (after two) Salataya bugün iki ___ koydum.

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    domates

    iki domates keeps the noun singular after a number.

  3. The tomato’s skin is very thin. (of the tomato) ___ kabuğu çok ince.

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    domatesin

    domatesin links the tomato to its skin.

Use it today

Describe a tomato and how you add it to a meal.