#tt_beginner
It's my book! Is that one yours? 👐🏼
Independent possessive pronouns

mineke - mine
sineke - yours
anıqı - his/hers
bezneke - ours
sezneke - yours (plural/formal)
alarnıqı - theirs

-nıqı/-neke can also be joined to other pronouns and nouns to express possession:
kemneke? - whose?
balanıqı - the child's
balalarnıqı - the children's

The plural is formed by adding -lar/-lər to the suffix -nıqı/-neke:
minekelər - ones belonging to me
kürşenekelər - ones belonging to the neighbor

This was your short easy lesson on the independent possessive pronouns and suffixes for today. And mine. And theirs.

#tt_intermediate
Me, myself and I
We had a lesson on possessive pronouns and personal suffixes. Today, we continue that lesson, adding some nuaces for our intermediate learners.

👤 If an object belongs to a subject appearing in the third person singular or plural, üz (self, own) in its possessive case - üzeneñ, üzlәreneñ - must be used instead of the possessive pronouns anıñ, alarnıñ. The word denoting the object takes the respective possessive suffix. For example:

Ul üzeneñ dustın kürde. He/she saw his/her friend.
“Ul anıñ dustın kürde” would mean "He saw his (someone else's) friend".

👤 Üz in its possessive form may also function as the possessive pronoun of the first and second persons singular and plural:

Min üzemneñ kilәçәgem turında uylıym.
I am thinking about my future.
Sin üzeñneñ dustıñnı kürdeñme?
Did you see your friend?

👤 The reflexive pronouns are formed from the noun üz with the addition of the possessive suffixes:

üzem - myself
üzeñ - yourself
üze - himself, herself, itself
üzebez - ourselves
üzegez - yourselves
üzlәre - themselves

❕ In the declension, the various case suffixes are added to the possessive stem: üzebezne, üzenә, etc.

👤 The reflexive pronouns are primarily used with verbs which in Tatar cannot be made into true reflexive verbs. For example:
· sanaw - to count / to consider
min üzemne bәxetle dip sanıym - I consider myself happy
· xis itü - to feel
ul üzen yaxşı xis itə - he feels good
· kürsətü - to show
uzegezne dönyağa kürsətegez - show yourselves to the world
· tanıtu - to show, to prove
ul üzen osta körəşçe itep tanıttı - he proved himself a skillful fighter

👤 The reflexive pronoun agrees in person and number with the subject of the same sentence.

min üzemə kitap satıp aldım - I bought myself a book
üzegez turında söyləgez - talk about yourselves

👤 Üz is prefixed to the reflexive pronouns (in writing joined by a hyphen). Üz always remains in its basic form. The reflexive pronoun takes the case endings required by the verb:

üz-üzemə ğәcəplənəm - i am amazed at myself
üz-üzennən sorağan kebek - as if he asked himself

👤 Üz may be used to emphasize the subject. If the acting person is expressed by a personal pronoun or by a noun, üzem, üzeñ, üze etc. follow immediately.
ul üze bu turıda miña əytməde - he himself hasn’t told me about this

👤 Üzem, üzeñ, üze etc. immediately followed by genə mean "I by myself", "you by yourself", "he (she, it) by himself (herself, itself)", etc., or I alone, you alone, he (she, it) alone, etc. in the sense of apart from others, all by oneself.
Üzem, üzeñ, üze etc. preceded by the cardinal number ber (e.g. berüzem) have the same meaning.

üzeñ genə / berüzeñ bar- you go alone
üzegez genə / berüzegez uynağız - you play by yourselves
üze genə / berüze östəl yanında utıra - he is sitting all alone at the table

👤 Üz preceding nouns with possessive suffixes means "own":

üz yortım - my own house
üz aqçañ - your own money
üz cire - his own land

Ul miña ... üz telendə nərsəder söyli başlıy. (Mirğazıyan Yunıs, Süwəyeş kanalı) - ... he starts telling me something in his own language.

#tt_intermediate
Let’s look at the dialog:

A: Sәlam, Marat! Köneñ niçek bara?
B: Sәlam, Güzәl! Beraz mәşәqәtle. Bügen öydә töşke aşımnı onıttım.
A: Uf Allam. Üzeñneñ töşke aşıñnı alıp kilergә onıtmasqa kirək.
B: Әye, döres әytәseñ. Süz uñayınnan, sezneñ yaña proyekt niçek bara?
A: Min anı berüzem eşlim. Yaxşı bara, sorağanıñ öçen rәxmәt. Zölfiyə şulay uq üz proyektın әzerli.
B: Bik yaxşı. Ә Niyaz nişli? Ul üz eşlәren başqaramı?
A: Әlbәttә. Niyaz üz wazifaların qayğırta hәm yaxşı uñışlarğa ireşә.
B: Yaxşı. Liliyәdәn işettem, ul sezneñ proyektığızlarnı tәmamlağaç, bәyrәmgә tort peşerergә uylıy.
A: Şulay. Ul tortnı üze peşerergә hәm bәyrәmgә kiterergә cıyına.
B: İskitkeç! Min anı tüzemsezlek belәn kötәm. Ә bәyrәmgә nindi kostüm kiyərgə uylıysıñ?
A: Belmim əle. Haman uylıym. Sin üzeñneken sayladıñmı?
B: Әye, min bıyıl üz kostümımnı yasarğa buldım.
A: Qızıq! Allah boyırsa, barıbız da kiçәdә rәxәtlәnep yal itәrbez dip ışanam.
B: Әlbәttә! Şəp bulaçaq.

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A: Hi, Marat! How's your day going?
B: Hey, Güzəl! It's been a bit hectic. I forgot my lunch at home today.
A: Oh no. You should always remember to bring your own lunch.
B: Yeah, you're right. By the way, how's your new project coming along?
A: I'm working on it myself, and it's progressing well, thanks for asking. Zölfiyə is also working on her own project.
B: That's great. And what about Niyaz? Is he handling his own tasks?
A: Absolutely. Niyaz is focused on his own responsibilities and making good progress.
B: Good to know. I heard from Liliyə that she's planning to bake a cake for the celebration after you finish your projects.
A: That's right. She's going to bake the cake herself and bring it to the party.
B: Awesome! I'm looking forward to it. And what costume are you thinking of wearing?
A: I don't know yet. I'm still thinking. Have you chosen yours?
B: Yeah, I decided to make my own costume this year.
A: That sounds like fun! Well, I hope we all have a great time at the party.
B: Definitely! It's going to be great.

That’s it! Now you üzegez can create üzegezneñ sentences with üz.