The Possessive Endings - Part I

Possession is given and shown by attaching suffixes to the noun. Suffix usage depends on vowel harmony, the amount of objets possessed, the person of the owner (I, you, their etc.) and if the noun ends with vowel or consonant.

Person	Suffixes (for single possession)		Meaning
	Noun ends with  vowel	Noun ends with consonant
mi “I”	~m	~om, ~em	my (...)
ti “you”	~d	~od, ~ed	your (...)
ö “he/she/it”	~ya, -ye	~ya, -ye	his/her/its (...)
biz “we”	~nk	~onk, ~enk	our (...)
tiz “you (pl.)”	~tok, ~tek	~otok, ~itek	your (...)
ök “they”	~yuk	~yuk	their (...)

Examples:

• men “table”: menem “my table”, mened “your table”, menye “his/her table”, menenk “our table”, menitek “your (pl.) table”, menyuk “ their table”.
• gal “mountain”: galom, galod, galya, galonk, galotok, galyuk.
• deti “family”: detim, detid, detiye, detink, detitek, detiyuk.
• tomo “friend”: tomom, tomod, tomoya, tomonk, tomotok, tomoyuk.

Use of the suffixes above is allowed for nouns in singular forms only. The suffixes for the dual are ~laram, ~larad, ~lara, ~larank, ~lartok, ~laryuk.

Echo Mustafa kay utsolara
→ That's Mustafa and his two spouses.

That's all for now. Next post, the part deux of this hot shots hehe.