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Turkish
Suffix
-ümüz
- First-person plural possessive suffix denoting plural possession in words ending in a consonant.
- köy - köyümüz
- village - our village
- bülbül - bülbülümüz
- nightingale - our nightingale
Usage notes
- If the noun ends in a vowel, it becomes "-müz" (for the possession suffix)
- doğum günü - doğum günümüz
- It's used only when the word's last vowel is "e" or "i". It may change into "-ımız", "-umuz" and "-imiz" according to the last vowel of the word. (possession suffix)
- kız - kızımız (the last vowel is "a" or "ı")
- yol - yolumuz (the last vowel is "o" or "u")
- ev - evimiz (the last vowel is "e" or "i")
- If the word ends in "p", "ç", "t" or "k", it may change them into "b", "c", "d" and "ğ".
- öç - öcümüz
- sözcük - sözcüğümüz
- It may cause the last vowel of the word dropped.
- ömür - ömrümüz
- It must be used with an apostrophe if it's appended to a proper noun.
- Özgür - Özgür'ümüz