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In Turkish, when you want to talk about a specific portion of a group—like "all of them", "most of them", or "none of them"—you use indefinite pronouns that end in a 3rd person possessive suffix.

Here are the most common indefinite pronouns used to describe quantities:
- **hepsi** (all of them)
- **çoğu** (most of them) — *Notice how the "k" in "çok" softens to "ğ".*
- **bazıları** (some of them)
- **birkaçı** (a few of them)
- **hiçbiri** (none of them)

To specify what group you are talking about, put the group noun in the genitive case (using **-In**), followed by the pronoun. This works exactly like a standard possessive noun phrase (e.g., **ürünlerin hepsi** means "all of the products").

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### Adding Case Suffixes

Because these pronouns already end in a possessive suffix, if you need to add another case ending—like the accusative case for a direct object—you must insert the buffer letter **-n-**.

- **hepsi** -> **hepsini** (all of them)
- **bazıları** -> **bazılarını** (some of them)
- **hiçbiri** -> **hiçbirini** (none of them)

This is a very common structure when a focus group evaluates or rates (**puanlamak**) a set of items, as you are usually doing something *to* "some of them" or "none of them".

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Indefinite pronouns with possessives (hepsi, bazıları)

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
all of them	hepsi
All of these products are very high quality.	Bu ürünlerin hepsi çok kaliteli.
some of them	bazıları
The participants tried the products and liked some of them.	Katılımcılar ürünleri deneyip bazılarını beğendi.
most of them	çoğu
survey	anket
a few of them	birkaçı
Most of the participants finished the survey, but a few of them did not.	Katılımcıların çoğu anketi bitirdi ama birkaçı bitirmedi.
packaging	ambalaj
none of them	hiçbiri
None of these packagings are beautiful.	Bu ambalajların hiçbiri güzel değil.
brand	marka
to rate	puanlamak
We rated all of these brands.	Bu markaların hepsini puanladık.
Some of the desserts are very delicious, but a few of them are bad.	Tatlıların bazıları çok lezzetli ama birkaçı kötü.
The customers rated the products but did not like any of them.	Müşteriler ürünleri puanladı ama hiçbirini beğenmedi.
Most of the brands designed a new packaging.	Markaların çoğu yeni bir ambalaj tasarladı.
taste	tat
According to the survey, some of the customers did not like this taste.	Ankete göre müşterilerin bazıları bu tadı sevmedi.
I drank this brand's new coffee and liked its taste a lot.	Bu markanın yeni kahvesini içip tadını çok beğendim.
I tried a few brands.	Birkaç marka denedim.
We waited a few days.	Birkaç gün bekledik.
I read the whole survey.	Tüm anketi okudum.
All the students came.	Tüm öğrenciler geldi.
I worked all day.	Bütün gün çalıştım.
I threw away all the packaging.	Bütün ambalajı attım.
We like the same brand.	Aynı markayı seviyoruz.
This is the same taste.	Bu aynı tat.
some	bazı
Some questions were very difficult.	Bazı sorular çok zordu.
Some customers do not like this brand.	Bazı müşteriler bu markayı beğenmiyor.
In the survey, some people did not give an answer.	Ankette bazı insanlar cevap vermedi.