Genitive

The genitive is formed by joining -nıñ/-neñ to the stem: 

yortnıñ – of the house

yortlarnıñ – of the houses

öyneñ – of the home

öylәrneñ – of the homes

bülmәgezneñ – of your (pl./form.) room

bülmәlәregezneñ – of your (pl./form.) rooms

🔷 The genitive is used to describe:

· Ownership or possession:

әniyemneñ qulları – my mom’s hands

· Possessive relation in time, place, quality, quantity, measure, extent, purpose:

ütkən ğasırnıñ urtası – the middle of the past century

şәhәrneñ binaları – the city’s buildings

keşelәrneñ öçtәn bere – one third of the people

tawnıñ biyeklege – the height of the mountain

🔹 If a genitive relation exists between three nouns in a sentence, the first noun is in the genitive, the second noun takes the appropriate possessive suffix (-ı, -e, -sı, -se, -ları, -lәre) to which in turn the genitive suffix -nıñ/-neñ is joined, and the third noun, governing the second, takes the possessive suffix only:

tutaşnıñ keçkenә genә awızınıñ yılmayuwı – the smile of the young lady’s little mouth

🔹 The genitive suffix may sometimes be omitted:

Tuqay şiğerlәre – Tuqay’s poems

il başqalası – country’s capital

🔹 The genitive suffix is always omitted:

· When the second noun qualifies the first one: 

Qazan şәhәre – the city of Kazan

· When two or more nouns together form a compound noun: 

İrek mәydanı – Liberty Square

🔷 Dialog

A: Minem abıyımnıñ yaña tuğan bəbisen kürdeñme?

B: Əye, min anı ğailə aşında abıyıñnıñ qoçağında kürdem.

A: Ә, yaxşı! Alarnıñ baqçasın oşatasıñmı?

B: Baqça çınnan da matur, ayıruça ul tösle çəçəkləre belən. Süz uñayınnan, minem apamnıñ et köçekləre turında işetteñme?

A: Әye, işettem, apañnıñ eteneñ matur köçekləre tuğan ikәn.

B: Bezneñ ğailələr törle yaqlardan üsə axrısı!

A: Şulay şul! Ğəilələrebezdə bu yaña tuğan bәbilәrne kürü bik rəxət.

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A: Have you seen my brother's new baby?

B: Yeah, I saw her in your brother's arms during the family dinner.

A: Oh, great! How do you like their garden?

B: The garden's really beautiful, especially with those colorful flowers. By the way, have you heard about my sister's dog's puppies?

A: Yeah, I heard that your sister's dog had adorable puppies.

B: Sounds like our families are growing in all sorts of ways!

A: Definitely! It's lovely to see these new additions in our families.