A clothing button can be sewn onto a shirt.

The idea

Düğme means button, on clothing or a machine. The definite object is düğmeyi, düğmem means “my button”, and düğmenin links a button to its holes. The accusative uses linking y and the genitive linking n.

Examples

  • Düğmeyi dikkatle gömleğe diktim.I carefully sewed the button onto the shirt.
  • Düğmem bugün yine gevşek duruyor.My button is loose again today.
  • Düğmeler kutuda yan yana duruyor.The buttons are side by side in the box.
  • Bu düğme çok küçük.This button is very small.
  • Düğmenin delikleri çok küçük.The holes in the button are very small.
  • Makinenin düğmesine bastım.I pressed the machine’s button.

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Watch out

Use y in düğmeyi and n in düğmenin. Possessive -m attaches directly to the vowel in düğmem.

Try it yourself

  1. I sewed the button onto the shirt. (specific object) ___ gömleğe diktim.

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    düğmeyi

    düğmeyi: linking y precedes accusative -i.

  2. My button is loose again today. (my button) ___ bugün yine gevşek duruyor.

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    düğmem

    düğmem: possessive -m follows the vowel directly.

  3. The holes in the button are very small. (of the button) ___ delikleri çok küçük.

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    düğmenin

    düğmenin: linking n precedes genitive -in.

Use it today

Describe a button and say where it is attached.