-ım
See also: Appendix:Variations of "im"
Turkish
Suffix
-ım
- First-person singular possessive suffix denoting singular possession in words ending in a consonant.
- Conjugation of the verb "to be" for first person singular, simple present tense.
- hazır (“ready”) + -ım → hazırım (“I am ready”)
Usage notes
- If the noun ends in a vowel, it becomes "-m" (for the possession suffix)
- It's used only when the word's last vowel is "a" or "ı". It may change into "-im", "-um" and "-üm" according to the last vowel of the word. (possession suffix)
- If the word ends in "p", "ç", "t" or "k", it may change them into "b", "c", "d" and "ğ".
- It may cause the last vowel of the word dropped.
- If the word ends in a vowel, it's used with an auxiliary consonant; "y". (for the verb to be)
- yaşlı + -ım → yaşlıyım
- It must be used with an apostrophe if it's appended to a proper noun.
- Barış + -ım → Barış'ım
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