yerlere

Yerlere is a Turkish morphological form, not a standalone lexical item. It is the dative plural form of the noun yer, meaning “place.” In Turkish, place names and common nouns take suffixes to indicate number and case, and yerlere specifically expresses direction toward multiple places.

Morphology and usage

The root yer means “place.” To form the dative plural, Turkish combines the plural suffix -ler with the dative suffix -e, yielding yerler + e = yerlere. Thus yerlere translates roughly as “to places” or “toward (the) places.” It is used with verbs of motion or transfer to indicate movement toward multiple destinations. For example, Çocuklar yeni yerlere gitmek istiyorlar means “The children want to go to new places.”

Distinctions and related forms

Yerler is the plural of yer and can mean “places” as a subject or object. Yerlerle is the instrumental plural form meaning “with places.” The locative plural form yerlerde means “in places” or “at places.” These similar-looking forms illustrate Turkish’s agglutinative structure, where suffixes attach in sequence to convey number, case, and other grammatical relations.

Usage notes

Yerlere is common in contexts involving travel, logistics, or movement toward destinations. Its meaning depends on the verb and surrounding particles, as with other Turkish dative constructions. Because it is a grammatical form rather than a separate word, its interpretation relies on sentence structure and context.

See also

Turkish grammar, Turkish phonology and suffixes, Turkish cases.