Paltonu giy.

to put on

Breakdown of Paltonu giy.

• palto: an overcoat

Questions & Answers about Paltonu giy.

What is paltonu made of?

It breaks down like this:

• palto = coat
• -n = your
• -u = accusative case ending

So paltonu means your coat as the direct object of the verb.

A useful point: because palto ends in a vowel, the 2nd person singular possessive suffix appears as just -n here, giving palton = your coat.

Why is the ending -u used here?

This is because of vowel harmony.

The Turkish accusative ending has four forms:

• -ı
• -i
• -u
• -ü

The form depends on the last vowel before the suffix. In palto, the last vowel is o, so the matching form is -u.

That is why you get:

• palton = your coat
• paltonu = your coat, marked as the object

Why does paltonu have an accusative ending at all?