tilni
Tilni is a grammatical form used in several Turkic languages to mark the definite direct object of the noun til, which means language or tongue. The base word til is combined with the object suffix -ni (the exact form may vary with vowel harmony and language, e.g., -ni or -nï), producing tilni. This construction functions similarly across related languages, such as Uzbek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Turkmen, and Azerbaijani, where til means language and tilni specifies “the language” as the object of the verb.
The primary role of tilni is to indicate that the noun language is the direct object of
- Tilni appears after the language noun when it is the object of the verb, and it respects
- The same root til can appear in other cases and constructions without the -ni suffix, depending
- In everyday speech and writing, tilni is common in education, translation, and language-learning contexts, while speakers