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### Asking "Where?"

To ask where something or someone is, use the question word **nerede**. It usually comes right after the subject.

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### Here, There, and Over There

To point out a general location, use **burada** (here), **şurada** (there), or **orada** (over there). Notice these are just the demonstrative pronouns **bu**, **şu**, and **o** combined with the locative suffix.

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### Answering with the Locative Case

To give a specific location, use the locative suffix (**-da / -de / -ta / -te**). You can combine this with **burada**, **şurada**, or **orada** to be extra clear.

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### Adding Personal Suffixes to Questions

Just as you attach personal endings to locations (like adding **-yim** to **evde** to say "I am at home"), you can attach them directly to **nerede** to ask where someone is. 

For example, **nerede** + **-sin** (you) becomes **neredesin?** (Where are you?).

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Asking where (nerede)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

postposition

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Demonstrative pronouns (bu, şu, o)

Basic question words (kim, ne)

Plural nouns (-lar, -ler)

I am and you are (-(y)ım, -sın)

We, you, and they are (-(y)ız, -sınız)

Negative statements (değil)

Yes and no questions (mı, mi, mu, mü)

Questions with 'to be' (mısın, mıyım)

Numbers 1 to 10 (bir, iki, üç)

Numbers 11 to 20 (on bir, on iki)

Numbers by tens to 100 (otuz, kırk...)

Counting objects (tane)

The locative case (-da, -de)

Consonant assimilation (-ta, -te)

There is / there are (var)

There is not / there are not (yok)

Asking how many (kaç)

Infinitive verbs (-mak, -mek)

Informal commands (git, gel)

Negative commands (-ma, -me)

Polite and plural commands (-In, -InIz)

Basic word order

Present continuous for consonant roots (-iyor)

Present continuous for vowel roots (-iyor)

Present continuous personal suffixes (-iyorum)

Negative present continuous (-miyor)

Present continuous questions (-iyor mu)

Future plans with present continuous

The dative case (-(y)a, -(y)e)

Consonant mutation (k, t, p, ç to ğ, d, b, c)

From or out of (-dan / -den)

Directional question words (nereye, nereden)

First and second person possessives (-(i)m, -(i)n)

Third person possessive (-(s)i)

Plural possessives (-imiz, -iniz, -leri)

The genitive case (-(n)in)

Definite noun compounds (-nin ... -si)

Indefinite noun compounds (bare noun + -(s)i)

Possessive buffer letter (n)

Spatial postpositions (içinde, üstünde)

The definite direct object (-(y)ı, -(y)i)

Object question words (kimi, neyi)

Adjectives modifying nouns

Manner and choice questions (nasıl, hangi)

Basic degree modifiers (çok, biraz)

Comparisons (daha, en)

Days of the week

Months of the year

The time question word (ne zaman)

Telling time (saat, buçuk)

Asking the time (saat kaç, saat kaçta)

Basic conjunctions (ve, ama, veya)

Causality conjunction (çünkü)

Means and accompaniment (ile, -(y)lA)

Purpose and beneficiaries (için)

Expressing desire (-mak istemek)

The past copula (-(y)DI)

The direct past tense (-DI)

Past tense personal suffixes (-DIm, -DIn)

Past tense negative (-mAdI)

Past tense questions (-DI mI)

Ordinal numbers (-(I)ncI)

Greetings and politeness

Saying 'too' (de, da)

Conversation fillers (şey, yani, hadi)

Conversational essentials

Reflexive pronouns (kendim, kendin)

Reciprocal pronouns (birbiri)

Indefinite pronouns for people (herkes, kimse)

Indefinite pronouns for things and places (her şey, hiçbir şey)

Conjunctions of consequence (bu yüzden, bu nedenle)

Correlative conjunctions (hem... hem, ne... ne)

Verbs taking the dative case (-e / -a)

Verbs taking the ablative case (-den / -dan)

Time origin (beri)

Time duration (-DIr)

Comparisons of similarity (gibi)

Comparisons of equality (kadar)

Perspectives (göre)

Verbal nouns (-mA / -mE)

Verbal nouns as objects (-mAyI / -mEyI)

Verbal nouns with the dative (-mAyA / -mEyA)

General necessity (lazım / gerek)

Personal necessity (-mAm lazım)

Third-person commands (-sIn / -sInlAr)

First person singular optative (-(y)AyIm)

First person plural optative (-(y)AlIm)

Question	Answer
key	anahtar
where	nerede
Where is the key?	Anahtar nerede?
restroom	tuvalet
Where is the restroom?	Tuvalet nerede?
here	burada
The key is here.	Anahtar burada.
there	şurada
The restroom is there.	Tuvalet şurada.
bank	banka
Where is the bank?	Banka nerede?
over there	orada
The bank is over there, in that building.	Banka orada, şu binada.
phone	telefon
Where is the phone?	Telefon nerede?
The phone is here, on the table.	Telefon burada, masada.
computer	bilgisayar
Where is the computer?	Bilgisayar nerede?
The computer is there, in the office.	Bilgisayar şurada, ofiste.
station	istasyon
Where is the station?	İstasyon nerede?
The station is over there, on that street.	İstasyon orada, şu sokakta.
Where are the children?	Çocuklar nerede?
The children are in the garden.	Çocuklar bahçede.
Where are you?	Sen neredesin?
I am at home.	Ben evdeyim.
We are at school.	Biz okuldayız.
to phone	telefon etmek
Phoning is easy.	Telefon etmek kolay.
Phoning the doctor is good.	Doktora telefon etmek iyi.