portakal: an orange for breakfast

The idea

Portakal means orange. Portakalı is a definite object, üç portakal means three oranges, and portakaldan means from the orange.

Examples

• Portakalı kahvaltı için dikkatle soydum.I carefully peeled the orange for breakfast.
• Bugün pazardan üç portakal aldık.Today we bought three oranges at the market.
• Annem dün portakaldan meyve suyu sıktı.Yesterday my mother squeezed juice from the orange.
• Portakalın kabuğu kalın.The orange's peel is thick.
• Bu portakal çok tatlı.This orange is very sweet.
• Çocuk portakal dilimlerini yiyor.The child is eating the orange segments.

Watch out

Use singular portakal after a number. After l, the ablative starts with d in portakaldan.

Try it yourself

1. I peeled the orange for breakfast. (specific object) ___ kahvaltı için soydum.

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   portakalı

   portakalı marks the peeled orange as a definite object.

2. Today we bought three oranges at the market. (after three) Bugün pazardan üç ___ aldık.

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   portakal

   üç portakal keeps the noun singular after three.

3. Yesterday my mother squeezed juice from the orange. (origin) (ablative) Annem dün ___ meyve suyu sıktı.

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   portakaldan

   portakaldan names where the juice comes from.

Use it today

Describe how you prepare an orange for breakfast.