Cutting onions can make your eyes water.

The idea

Soğan means onion. Soğanı is a definite object and soğanın means “of the onion”. After iki, use the singular soğan.

Examples

  • Soğanı yemek için ince doğradım.I finely chopped the onion for the meal.
  • Bugün pazardan iki soğan aldık.Today we bought two onions at the market.
  • Annem soğanı tavada yavaşça kavurdu.My mother slowly sautéed the onion in the pan.
  • Soğanın kokusu çok güçlü.The onion's smell is very strong.
  • Bu soğan oldukça büyük.This onion is quite large.
  • Soğan keserken gözlerim yaşarıyor.My eyes water when I cut onions.

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Watch out

Keep ğ in the written forms. Do not add a plural ending after a number: use iki soğan.

Try it yourself

  1. I finely chopped the onion for the meal. (specific object) ___ yemek için ince doğradım.

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    soğanı

    soğanı marks the chopped onion as a definite object.

  2. Today we bought two onions at the market. (after two) Bugün pazardan iki ___ aldık.

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    soğan

    iki soğan uses a singular noun after the number.

  3. The onion’s smell is very strong. (of the onion) ___ kokusu çok güçlü.

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    soğanın

    soğanın connects the onion to its smell.

Use it today

Describe how you cut or cook an onion.