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To state who or what something belongs to, Turkish uses the postposition **ait**. Like other directional postpositions, it requires the preceding noun or pronoun to take the dative case (**-(y)e / -(y)a**).

### Pronouns with 'Ait'

When using personal pronouns with **ait**, use their dative forms. Remember that the dative forms of "I" and "you" change their root vowels to become **bana** and **sana**.

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### Nouns with 'Ait'

When the owner is a noun, simply attach the dative suffix. If the noun ends in a vowel, use the buffer letter **y**.

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To ask "whose" or "to whom" something belongs, use the dative question word **kime**.

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### Managing the Cloakroom

In a busy theater cloakroom (**vestiyer**), things can easily get mixed up (**karışmak**). When you hang (**asmak**) an item, you will also use the dative case to show the destination where the item is going (such as onto a hanger).

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Expressing belonging (-e ait)

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)

Asking where (nerede)

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)

Question	Answer
overcoat	palto
belonging to	ait
Does this overcoat belong to you?	Bu palto size mi ait?
sir / gentleman	beyefendi
This overcoat must belong to the gentleman.	Bu palto beyefendiye ait olmalı.
shawl	şal
madam / lady	hanımefendi
The green shawl belongs to the lady.	Yeşil şal hanımefendiye ait.
cloakroom	vestiyer
to hang	asmak
We are hanging the overcoats on the chairs because the cloakroom is full.	Vestiyer dolu olduğu için paltoları sandalyelere asıyoruz.
velvet	kadife
to get mixed up	karışmak
The velvet shawl and the hat got mixed up.	Kadife şal ve şapka karıştı.
To whom does this bag belong? The items got mixed up!	Bu çanta kime ait? Eşyalar karıştı!
I am hanging the velvet overcoat right now.	Kadife paltoyu şimdi asıyorum.
This suitcase belongs to me.	Bu bavul bana ait.
The gentleman is hanging his hat in the cloakroom.	Beyefendi şapkasını vestiyere asıyor.
We have a problem because the items got mixed up.	Eşyalar karıştığı için problemimiz var.
hanger	askı
This overcoat is so heavy that it fell off the hanger.	Bu palto o kadar ağır ki askıdan düştü.
The shawl belongs to the lady, I am hanging it on an empty hanger.	Şal hanımefendiye ait, onu boş bir askıya asıyorum.