tel: metal wire in the garden

The idea

Tel means wire. The definite object is teli; telle or tel ile means “with wire”. In telin ucu, the genitive connects the wire to its end.

Examples

• Teli dikkatle kutuya koydum.I carefully put the wire in the box.
• Bahçıvan telle bitkiyi destekledi.The gardener supported the plant with wire.
• Telimiz bahçenin kenarında duruyor.Our wire is at the edge of the garden.
• Bu tel çok ince.This wire is very thin.
• Telin ucu masanın üstünde.The end of the wire is on the table.
• İki tel kutunun içinde.Two wires are in the box.

Watch out

Write two l letters in telle: one belongs to tel and the other to the suffix. Context can also give tel other meanings, such as a strand of hair.

Try it yourself

1. I put the wire in the box. (specific object) ___ kutuya koydum.

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   teli

   teli: the definite object takes the accusative -i.

2. The gardener supported the plant with wire. (material, ile) Bahçıvan ___ bitkiyi destekledi.

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   telle / tel ile

   telle or tel ile: both forms express the material used.

3. The end of the wire is on the table. (of the wire) ___ ucu masanın üstünde.

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   telin

   telin: the genitive -in links the wire to its end.

Use it today

Describe where a wire is and what it can support.