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1.       angel_
22 posts
 28 Jul 2006 Fri 08:20 pm

I have another question:
Mybe somebody can help me


Biletin masanin üstünde.
(Your ticket is on the table)

but why masanin (nin) ( Genetif ?)

or
bavulun içinde ne var?
(What is inside the suitcase?)

but why bavulun (un) (Genetif ?)

2.       caliptrix
3055 posts
 28 Jul 2006 Fri 08:44 pm

Quoting angel_:

I have another question:
Mybe somebody can help me


Biletin masanin üstünde.
(Your ticket is on the table)

but why masanin (nin) ( Genetif ?)

or
bavulun içinde ne var?
(What is inside the suitcase?)

but why bavulun (un) (Genetif ?)



Yes, you are right. It is like genitive!

masanın üstünde: on the table
masanın altında: under the table
masanın yanında: next to the table
masanın çevresinde: around the table

bavulun içinde: in the suitcase.

(must there be a reason? If there is, another one may say perhaps...lol)

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