bahçelerde

Bahçelerde is a Turkish word meaning in the gardens or within the gardens. It is a locative plural form built from the noun bahçe (garden) with the plural suffix -ler and the locative suffix -de, reflecting Turkish vowel harmony. The locative suffix has two allomorphs, -de and -te, chosen to harmonize with the final vowel of the stem; for bahçe, which ends with the front vowel e, the form -de is used, yielding bahçeler + de → bahçelerde.

Morphology and construction: the base noun bahçe receives the plural -ler to form bahçeler (gardens). The plural is then followed by the locative -de to indicate location, producing bahçelerde. This combination is a common pattern in Turkish for expressing location after a plural noun. In spoken and written Turkish, the phrase functions as a prepositional-like element, describing where something occurs or exists.

Usage: bahçelerde commonly appears to describe actions or states occurring in gardens. Examples: Evlerimiz bahçelerde çiçekler yetiştirir. Kışın bahçelerde kar yağar. Çocuklar bahçelerde oyun oynuyor. The phrase can appear as part of longer expressions, such as bahçelerdeki çiçekler (the flowers in the gardens) or bahçelerdeki işler (the tasks in the gardens), where -daki or -deki connects to a noun phrase with a related function.

Related forms: bahçe (singular), bahçeler (plural), and other case and possessive forms combine with bahçelerde as needed in longer sentences. Bahçelerde serves as a versatile locational marker for plural garden-related contexts.