"Akşam yemeği masanın üzerinde."

Translation: Dinner is on the table.

[marlarius]

Couldn't it simply be akşam yemeği masada?

[AlexinNotTurkey]

Yep and this is already accepted :)

[Ishana92]

Is there a difference in meaning?

[Engin988292]

No. -da, -de is a common suffix to address any location like in, on, over, at, etc. If you specifically want to emphasize the exact preposition, you use üzerinde (üstünde, the same), içinde.

[Minji_Lee]

Why is the genitive case used with "masa" in this sentence?

[Selcen_Ozturk]

üzeri, just like most postpositions, requires it

[QuanitaA]

Why is it masanın not masanı?

[Yomalyn]

This is genitive case to show that the table "possesses" its top.

masanın üzerinde

"masanı" would be "your table" in accusative case, which would not work here :-)

[Zohar847869]

So how would you say 'on your table'?
Masanisin üzerinde?

[ummrak]

I find that if i translated this sentence to 'on TOP OF the table' it explains 'masaNIN'. 'masanin' = 'of the table'. This helps me alot.

[KMMassri]

İ used "above" but i had a mistake

[scarpunzel]

Something can be "on" another thing without being "above" that thing.

[Hakim747]

The root word is "üzeri," but when conjugated why it doesn't become "üzerisinde"?

[AlexinNotTurkey]

That is the root because there is no such word as "üzer." Basically, the root already contains the possessive suffix :)

[Hakim747]

Oooh. I see. Okay. Thanks again. :D

[alirezamoa5]

If we say üzerindedir, is it correct in this sentence?

[Engin988292]

It is actually the most correct grammatical form. But in practice, we skip -dir, dır most of the time.
Since we skip it, it might mean slightly different when you use it. It adds a spice of "probably" when you add it in the daily speech. Like "-Anahtarlar nerede? +Masanın üzerindedir." "-Where are the keys? +They are (probably) on the table."

[reza938204]

What is diffirence between üzer and üst???