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yerlerinden

Yerlerinden is a Turkish grammatical form that literally means “from their places.” It is used to indicate origin or departure from multiple locations. The form results from combining the noun yer (place) with the plural suffix -ler and the ablative suffix -den, following the usual Turkish suffix order: root + plural + ablative.

Morphology and pronunciation: yer + -ler = yerler (places), then -den adds the ablative sense, yielding yerlerden (from

Usage notes: Yerlerinden is commonly used in sentences describing people or things leaving or originating from

Examples:

- Toplantı bittiğinde herkes yerlerinden kalktı. (When the meeting ended, everyone stood up from their seats.)

- Haber duyulduktan sonra insanlar yerlerinden ayrıldı. (After the news was announced, people left their places.)

In sum, yerlerinden is a neutral, syntactic tool in Turkish for signaling origin from multiple places, used

the
places).
Turkish
vowel
harmony
governs
the
suffix
shapes,
but
in
this
case
the
combination
yields
a
straightforward
yerlerden.
The
possessive
or
owner
of
the
places
is
typically
supplied
by
context
rather
than
by
this
form
itself;
yerlerinden
principally
marks
the
source
location
in
relation
to
the
subject
of
the
verb.
multiple
locations.
It
can
pair
with
verbs
such
as
kalkmak
(to
stand
up
from),
ayrılmak
(to
leave),
or
dönmek
(to
return
from).
The
surrounding
context
usually
indicates
which
group’s
places
are
being
referred
to.
with
verbs
of
movement
or
departure
and
clarified
by
context.