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1.       Snow Drop
127 posts
 14 Nov 2006 Tue 08:43 pm

a question from a fresh student
how do we add the first person possessive -im to the word su?

2.       juliacernat
424 posts
 14 Nov 2006 Tue 08:51 pm

if you want to say "my water", although it does not make any sense.....it is:
suyum (if you add a sufix beginning with a vowel to a word ending in a vowel, Y must come between the two vowels)

good luck

3.       Snow Drop
127 posts
 14 Nov 2006 Tue 09:10 pm

Quoting juliacernat:

if you want to say "my water", although it does not make any sense.....it is:
suyum (if you add a sufix beginning with a vowel to a word ending in a vowel, Y must come between the two vowels)

good luck



thanx well i didn't mean the word su itself but the general rule

4.       juliacernat
424 posts
 14 Nov 2006 Tue 09:27 pm

correction!!!!
the possesive sufixes are: -im, -in, -i, -imiz, -iniz, -leri (e.g. benim okulum, senin okulun, onun okulu, bizim okulumuz, sizin okulunuz, onlarin okullari)
whem the word finishes in a vowel, the vowel of the possesive is dropped (benim silgim, senin silgin, onun silgisi, bizim silgimiz, sizin silginiz, onlarin silgileri)

this rule applies to possisive sufixes.
BUT in case of the verb to be (for which I mistook them), -im, -sin, -dir, -iz, -siniz, -dirler, we keep both the vowel of the word and the vowel of the verb (e.g. iyiyim, iyisin, iyidir, iyiyiz, iyisiniz, iyidirler)

I appologise and hope I have not confused you..more

5.       Snow Drop
127 posts
 14 Nov 2006 Tue 09:38 pm

Quoting juliacernat:



I appologise and hope I have not confused you..more



thanx alot , u didn't confuse me i understand it more now

6.       aslan2
507 posts
 15 Nov 2006 Wed 09:53 am

Quoting Snow Drop:

Quoting juliacernat:

if you want to say "my water", although it does not make any sense.....it is:
suyum (if you add a sufix beginning with a vowel to a word ending in a vowel, Y must come between the two vowels)

good luck



thanx well i didn't mean the word su itself but the general rule



General rule: After a vowel it's -m.
Anne -- mother
Anne-m -- my mother
Anne-n -- your mother
Anne-si -- His/her mother
Anne-miz -- Our mother
Anne-niz -- Your mother
Anne-leri -- their mother

But su is the only irregular word when you add possessive suffixes. (Use it as if it's "suy" instead)
suy-um -- my water
suy-um -- your water
suy-u -- His/her water
suy-umuz -- Our water
suy-unuz -- Your water
su-ları -- Their water

7.       aslan2
507 posts
 15 Nov 2006 Wed 09:55 am

Quoting juliacernat:

if you want to say "my water", although it does not make any sense.....


What do you mean by "although it does not make any sense"?
suyum (my water) is meaningful in Turkish.

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