Use yastık for a pillow and practise its forms when a vowel-initial ending follows.
The idea
The noun yastık means pillow. Its final k usually softens to ğ before an ending beginning with a vowel: yastığı can mean the pillow as a definite object or someone's pillow, and yastığım means my pillow. Before the consonant-initial plural ending it stays k: yastıklar.
Examples
- Yastığım çok yumuşak.My pillow is very soft.
- Yastığı yatağa koydum.I put the pillow on the bed.
- Dün yeni bir yastık aldık.We bought a new pillow yesterday.
- İki yastık istiyorum.I want two pillows.
- Yastıklar dolabın içinde.The pillows are in the cupboard.
- Yastığın kılıfı temiz.The pillowcase is clean.
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Watch out
Do not keep k in these forms: write yastığı and yastığım, not yastıkı or yastıkım. After a number, use the singular iki yastık, without the plural ending.
Try it yourself
Benim ___ yumuşak. (yastık)
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yastığım
yastığım: the final k becomes ğ before the vowel-initial ending for my.
Bu ___ yatağa koydum. (yastık)
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yastığı
yastığı: the definite object has the accusative ending, and k becomes ğ before it.
İki ___ aldım. (yastık)
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yastık
yastık: the noun stays singular after the number iki; no plural ending is needed.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Benim ___ yumuşak. (yastık)
Bu ___ yatağa koydum. (yastık)
İki ___ aldım. (yastık)
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Describe your pillow and write where you put it. Then say how many pillows you would like.