Turkish

<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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            <td>First person</td>
            <td>kendim</td>
            <td>kendimiz</td>
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            <td>Second person</td>
            <td>kendin</td>
            <td>kendiniz</td>
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            <td>Third person</td>
            <td>kendi(si)</td>
            <td>kendileri</td>
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<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>
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			<td><strong>Kendinizi</strong> çok yordunuz mu?</td>
            <td>Did you tire yourselves much?</td>
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<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>
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            <td>Sen <strong>kendi</strong> evinde mi oturuyorsun?</td>
            <td>Do you live at your own house?</td>
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<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>
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			<td>Ödevi <strong>kendi kendinize</strong> yapmalısınız.</td>
            <td>You should do the homework by yourselves.</td>
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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

Word	Ödevi kendi kendinize yapmalısınız.
Meaning	You should do the homework by yourselves.
Part of speech	sentence
Pronunciation
Course	Turkish
Lesson	The word "kendi"

to do; to make	yapmak
homework, assignment	ödev
self, own	kendi

Turkish - Ödevi kendi kendinize yapmalısınız.

Breakdown of Ödevi kendi kendinize yapmalısınız.

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