can someone help with the following please

his name is....
her name is....

this is.....

if you are saying these are... do you say bunlari
if you say these are my grandaughters do you say bunlari benim kiz torunlarimdir

how do you say... this is for you

'his name is....' or 'her name is....'
--> (onun) ismi ...

this is.....
--> bu ...

these are...
--> bunlar ...

these are my grandaughters
--> bunlar benim kiz torunlarim(dir)

this is for you
--> Bu senin için

cok tesekkur ederim admin for your very quick reply

admin

what does bunlari mean?

why is dir in brackets after torunlarim?

I'm not Admin but I'll try:

what does bunlari mean?
- it's bunlar (these) with a case suffix

why is dir in brackets after torunlarim
- because u can skip it

did I help?

thanks daydreamer - yes thats a great help.

one more before i set off

this is my granddaugher - bu benim torunim

is that correct?

Hello johnnc#

your translation is acceptable. The correct sentence should be:

this is my granddaugher - bu benim torunum

The rule is as follows:
If last vowel is 'a' or 'ı' the follwıng suffix takes the vowel ı
If last vowel is 'e' or 'i' the follwıng suffix takes the vowel i
If last vowel is 'o' or 'u' the follwıng suffix takes the vowel u
If last vowel is 'ö' or 'ü' the follwıng suffix takes the vowel ü

This rule is valid for at least simple past, inferential past, question suffixes and possession suffixes.

hello erdinc

many thanks for your help