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| A noun is made plural by addition of ''-ler'' or ''-lar'' (depending on the vowel harmony). When a numeral is used with a noun, however, the plural suffix is usually ''not'' used: | | A noun is made plural by addition of ''-(v)ev'' or ''-(v)ov'' (depending on the vowel harmony). When a numeral is used with a noun, however, the plural suffix is ''not'' used: |
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| | ''baş'' || "head" | | | ''böšter'' || "table" |
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| | ''başlar'' || "[some] heads" | | | ''böšterev'' || "tables" |
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| | ''beş baş'' || "five head(s)", but | | | ''nav böšter'' || "four tables" |
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| | ''Beşevler'' || "Five Houses" (district of Bursa)
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| | ''Aliler'' || "Ali and his family" | | | ''ičedehev'' || "Ičedeh and his family / The Ičedehs" |
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| | ''teyze'' || "maternal aunt"
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| | ''teyzem'' || "my maternal aunt"
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| | ''teyzemler'' || "my maternal aunt and her family"
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| In the last example, the first-person singular suffix of possession comes ''before'' the plural ending; this is an exception to the order of suffixes given above. In the usual order, we have:
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| :''teyzelerim'' "my maternal aunts"
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| Nouns are pluralized in standard temporal greetings.
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| : ''gün'' ("day") – ''İyi günler!'' ("Good day!")
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| : ''yıl'' ("year") – ''Mutlu yıllar!'' ("Happy new year!")
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