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<p> The word <strong>kendi</strong> is the reflexive pronoun in Turkish.  It is used with personal suffixes when used as a pronoun. </p>
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            <th>Conjugation of Kendi</th>
            <th>Singular</th>
            <th>Plural</th>
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        <tr>
            <td>First person</td>
            <td>kendim</td>
            <td>kendimiz</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Second person</td>
            <td>kendin</td>
            <td>kendiniz</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Third person</td>
            <td>kendi(si)</td>
            <td>kendileri</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>
<p> The most common translation of <strong>kendi</strong> is 'self', as in 'himself', 'ourselves', 'myself'. 
	Notice in the third person singular form, the personal suffix is sometimes dropped.
	This is likely due to the general rule in Turkish which states lack of suffix indicates third person singular.</p>
<p>Also, suffixed forms of <strong>kendi</strong> can and usually do take case suffixes, for example <strong>kendilerini</strong>, <strong>kendimden</strong>, <strong>kendimizde</strong>, <strong> kendisine</strong>, etc.
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			<td>Bunu <strong>kendim</strong> yapabilirim.</td>
            <td>I can do this myself.</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
			<td><strong>Kendinizi</strong> çok yordunuz mu?</td>
            <td>Did you tire yourselves much?</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>
<p><strong>Kendi</strong> can also be used without personal suffixes to modify nouns, in which it functions as an adjective.
	Then <strong>kendi</strong> means something like <strong>x's own</strong>.</p>
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			<td>Bu, Kamil'in <strong>kendi</strong> fikriydi.</td>
            <td>This was Kamil's own idea.</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Sen <strong>kendi</strong> evinde mi oturuyorsun?</td>
            <td>Do you live at your own house?</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>
<p> There is another unique construction in which <strong>kendi</strong> is duplicated with dative suffix. 
<strong>Kendi kendi--e</strong> conveys a very specific meaning of completing the action alone. It is translated as 'by --self/selves'
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			<td>Akşam yemeğini <strong>kendi kendime</strong> pişirdim.</td>
            <td>I cooked the dinner by myself.</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
			<td>Ödevi <strong>kendi kendinize</strong> yapmalısınız.</td>
            <td>You should do the homework by yourselves.</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

The word "kendi"

noun

adjective

determiner

verb

adverb

postposition

interjection

conjunction

pronoun

sentence

phrase

Unknown

NOUN - vowel harmony, consonant harmony

NOUN - vowel harmony, no consonant harmony

NOUN - no vowel harmony, consonant harmony

NOUN - no vowel harmony, no consonant harmony

VERB - intransitive, passive

VERB - intransitive, non-passive

VERB - transitive, non-causative

VERB - transitive, causative

VERB - ablative

VERB - dative

VERB - locative

VERB - accusative

VERB - intransitive, reciprocal

VERB - intransitive, reflexive

VERB - auxiliary

Counting to 10

Fruits

The days of the week

The months of the year

Demonstratives

Adjectives

Vegetables

Animals extended

Hello and goodbye

Colors

First degree family

Nouns and articles

Plural nouns and minor vowel harmony

Personal pronouns

The verb "to be"

There is and there are

The infinitive and the stem

The imperative and major vowel harmony

The present continuous

The locative case suffix

The accusative case suffix

The dative case suffix

Final consonant harmony

Negative verbs

Questions in the present continuous

Questions with the verb "to be"

The imperative

The imperative forms of yemek and demek

Different uses of the present continuous

Irregular verbs

The Turkish alphabet

The indefinite article and the number one

The negative form of "to be"

Question words

Meeting people

Conjunctions

Stress inside questions

Locative location pronouns

Dative and ablative location pronouns

Accusative and locative personal pronouns

The genitive case suffix

Genitive personal pronouns

Extended family

The possession suffix

Dative and ablative personal pronouns

Expressing possession with var and yok

Clothing

The head and related parts

Compound nouns

Body parts

Combining suffixes

Water and the possession suffix

Vowel elimination on suffixation

Location postpositions

Location postpositions 2

Extra vocabulary and expressions

The ablative case suffix

Wearing things

Demonstratives with case suffixes

Counting larger numbers

Using numbers and quantifiers

A bit much and more and less

Animals

Telling time

The instrumentative

The definite simple past

Food

Nuts

Countries

Traffic and directions

The weather

With and without

Nationalities

Question	Answer
self, own	kendi
I can do this myself	Bunu kendim yapabilirim.
to tire	yormak
Did you tire yourselves much?	Kendinizi çok yordunuz mu?
plan	plan
This idiot plan was Kamil's own idea.	Bu salak plan Kamil'in kendi fikriydi.
Do you live in your own house?	Sen kendi evinde mi oturuyorsun?
I cooked dinner by myself.	Akşam yemeğini kendi kendime pişirdim.
You should do the homework by yourselves.	Ödevi kendi kendinize yapmalısınız.
situation, case, circumstance	durum
In that case we can't even go out of our own street.	O durumda kendi sokağımızdan bile çıkamıyoruz.
darkness, dark	karanlık
era, period (of time), epoch, time	dönem
to free oneself (of), to get rid of	kurtulmak Kurtulmak is mostly used with the ablative suffix, -dAn. For example: Senden kurtuldum. I got rid of you.
You can get rid of dark times only by yourself.	Karanlık dönemlerden sadece kendi kendine kurtulabilirsin.
rule	kural
to apply, to practice, to implement	uygulamak
My father doesn't apply his rules to himself.	Babam kurallarını kendisine uygulamıyor.

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