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Turkish
Suffix
-ın
- Second-person singular possessive suffix denoting singular possession in words ending in a consonant.
- saç - saçın
- hair - your hair
- kız - kızın
- daughter - your daughter
- Genitive case suffix for the nouns which end in a consonant
- adam - adamın
- man - man's/of the man
Usage notes
- If the noun ends in a vowel, it becomes "-n" (for the possession suffix)
- araba - araban
- It's used only when the word's last vowel is "a" or "ı". It may change into "-in", "-un" and "-ün" according to the last vowel of the word. (possession suffix)
- ev - evin (the last vowel is "e" or "i")
- yol - yolun (the last vowel is "o" or "u")
- yüz - yüzün (the last vowel is "ö" or "ü")
- If the word ends in "p", "ç", "t" or "k", it may change them into "b", "c", "d" and "ğ".
- kitap - kitabın
- ağaç - ağacın
- kanat - kanadın
- kulak - kulağın
- It may cause the last vowel of the word dropped.
- karın - karnın
- If the word ends in a vowel, it's used with an auxiliary consonant; "n". (for the genitive case suffix)
- kurbağa - kurbağanın
- It must be used with an apostrophe if it's appended to a proper noun.
- Barış - Barış'ın