All about - here and there
The suffix -re- or -ra- means - place or place of..
For instance - nerede? - means - Where? Lit: ne-re-de - what-place-at
Earlier we learned bu - this - and şu - that - and o - that yonder.
Putting these words together with -ra- meaning place of.. - we form the words:
- bura - here - Lit: this place
- şura - there - Lit: that place
- ora - that yonder - Lit: that place over there
There words are not very often used in this pure form but are extended to show the place - where... - or - from.. - or - to, towards.. - by the addition of a suitable suffix.
The Basic Spatials
Adding the Locative Suffix -de or -da - in, on, at - we form the basic locations:
Some Basic Examples
- burada - here Lit: bu-ra-da - this-place-at
- şurada - there
- orada - over there
- nerede? - where?
And the Plurals - Spatially more vague:
- buralarda - hereabouts, around here
- şuralarda - thereabouts, around there
- oralarda - thereabouts over there, around about over there
- nerelerde? - whereabouts?
Extended Spatials
Similarly if we add a different suffix such as -dan - from - or -a - to, towards - then the meanings become:
The Singular - Spatially less vague:
- buradan - from here
- buraya - to here
- şuradan - from there
- şuraya - to there
- oradan - from there
- oraya - to there
- nereden? - where from?
- nereye? - where to?
And the Plurals - again Spatially more vague:
- buralardan - from hereabouts, from around here
- buralara - to hereabouts
- şuralardan - from thereabouts
- şuralara - to around there
- oralardan - from thereabouts (distant)
- oralara - to thereabouts
- nerelerden? - from whereabouts?
- nerelere? - to whereabouts?
Some Examples of Basic Spatials in use
- Buralarda bir güzel restoran var mı?
- Is there a good restaurant around here?
- Buraya gel!
- Come (to) here!
- Oradan yeşil bir araba geldi.
- A green car came from over there.
- Şurada büyük bir otel var.
- There is a big hotel there.
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