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
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.
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.
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.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
I finely chopped the onion for the meal. (specific object) ___ yemek için ince doğradım.
Today we bought two onions at the market. (after two) Bugün pazardan iki ___ aldık.
The onion’s smell is very strong. (of the onion) ___ kokusu çok güçlü.
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Tap the words in the right order.
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