Merhaba,

I know the general rule that suffix -li is used to tell the city where someone comes from, for example: Ben İstanbulluyum - I´m from Istanbul. But is that true that you can NEVER use the ablative suffix -den to tell the name of my hometown? I don´t know why, but I feel odd adding the -li suffix to Polish cities names

Can I say: Tarnów´danım or Tarnów kentindenim??

Or Tarnów´luyum is the only possibility?

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If I can say Polonya´danım so why couldn´t I say Tarnów´danım too?

Usually one would ask:

Nerelisin? = where are you from?

But this is also understood:

Neredensin? = where are you from?

Ok, but for example if I were from a town called "Siemianowice" would you rather say: "Arkadaşım sufler Siemianowice´li" or "Arkadaşım sufler Siemianowice kentinden"? I think the form with "kent" is much safer, because you don´t need to bother about the harmony if you are not sure how to pronounce a foreign city´s name. What do you think?

"Arkadaşım sufler Siemianowice´li" sounds better to me

"Arkadaşım sufler Siemianowice kentinden" is also fine for me.

LI does not take the apostrophe does it? Or is it different with foreign place names?

No apostrophe ever.