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1.       sakine
26 posts
 06 Feb 2013 Wed 08:48 pm

Babamın adı Mehmet.

Why isn´t it "Babam adı Mehmet"? What does the -ın ending mean?

Thank you

2.       nemanjasrb
507 posts
 06 Feb 2013 Wed 08:51 pm

 

Quoting sakine

Babamın adı Mehmet.

Why isn´t it "Babam adı Mehmet"? What does the -ın ending mean?

Thank you

 

It means: My father´s name is Mehmet.
Because it´s not a verb. It means name. 
His name is-Onun adı.
My father´s name is-Babam
ın adı.

3.       gokuyum
5050 posts
 07 Feb 2013 Thu 09:36 pm

 

Quoting sakine

Babamın adı Mehmet.

Why isn´t it "Babam adı Mehmet"? What does the -ın ending mean?

Thank you

 

My father´s name is Mehmet

Babamın adı Mehmet.

 

-ın is genetive. It connects "babam" and "ad".



Edited (2/7/2013) by gokuyum

4.       gokuyum
5050 posts
 07 Feb 2013 Thu 09:47 pm

,

 

 



Edited (2/7/2013) by gokuyum

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