A forest walk can start at home and end there again.

The idea

Orman means forest. Use ormana for movement to the forest, ormanda for a location in it, and ormandan for movement from it. The endings show three different relationships.

Examples

  • Sabah ormana yürüyerek gittik.We walked to the forest in the morning.
  • Çocuklar ormanda kuşları dinliyor.The children are listening to birds in the forest.
  • Akşam ormandan eve döndük.We returned home from the forest in the evening.
  • Bu orman çok sessiz.This forest is very quiet.
  • Ormanda birçok ağaç var.There are many trees in the forest.
  • Ormanın yolu göle çıkıyor.The forest path leads to the lake.

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Watch out

Choose an ending from the meaning of the verb and context: going, being somewhere and returning from somewhere need different forms.

Try it yourself

  1. We walked to the forest. (destination) ___ yürüyerek gittik.

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    ormana

    ormana: dative -a marks the destination.

  2. The children are listening to birds in the forest. (location) Çocuklar ___ kuşları dinliyor.

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    ormanda

    ormanda: locative -da marks the place.

  3. We returned home from the forest. (starting point) ___ eve döndük.

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    ormandan

    ormandan: ablative -dan marks the starting point.

Use it today

Describe going to a forest, being there and returning from it.