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Turkish grammar · A1 · Lesson 28 of 29

Kendi and Hep in Turkish: Self and All

Kendi ve Hep

Saying myself, yourself and all of us: kendim, hepimiz

kendi means self. With the possessive endings it points back at the subject: kendim (myself), kendin (yourself), kendisi (himself, herself), kendimiz, kendiniz, kendileri. Kendime bir çay yapıyorum (I am making myself a tea).

It also stresses who does the thing: Ödevi kendim yapıyorum (I do the homework myself). Bare kendi before a possessed noun means own: kendi odam (my own room).

hep with the possessive endings means all of: hepimiz (all of us), hepiniz (all of you), hepsi (all of them, or all of it). On its own hep means always: Hep geç kalıyor.

Examples

Kendini üzme!

Don’t let it get you down!

Hepimiz bu fotoğrafta gülüyoruz.

We are all smiling in this photo.

Çocuk resmi kendisi çiziyor.

The child is drawing the picture himself.

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