"The dog is next to our bird."
Translation:Köpek kuşumuzun yanında.
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It is kuş-umuz-un -- kuş is bird; -umuz is the suffix for "our"; and -un is the genitive case suffix:
- kuş "bird"
- kuşumuz "our bird"
- kuşumuzun "our bird's"
- yan "side"
- yanı "its side"
- kuşumuzun yanı "our bird's side"
- kuşumuzun yanında "at our bird's side = next to our bird"
But if in this example 'un' is a genitive suffix (because we are talking about our bird's side), then why is it only 'kar' in the other example ('Ev kar altinda' instead of 'Ev karin altinda')? People explained that it is not about a specific pile of snow, therefore no accusative is needed. Yeah, but here you don't explain it with accusative, but genitive. So now I don't understand it. Or there was another example with' Ördek filin üzerinde'. Let's suppose, the example is about a specific elephant. Ok, but then how would you say: The duck is on top of AN elephant. Ördek bir fil üzerinde??
I think in the example 'Ev kar altinda', nothing belongs to or of anything so no genitive suffixes. While in 'Ördek filin üzerinde' it is the top of the elephant. And I think your sentence should be 'Ördek bir filin üzerinde'.
why kenarinda is nor correct? in the previous sentence it was translated as next to
(Correct me if i wrong.) As far as i know, yanin means next to and close by, but kenari means so close that you can touch it.
nellaoggia, i think "bizim" is optional here. In "kuş-UMUZ-un", with "UMUZ" you already have the mark of the ownership at the second person plural = "our".
You are correct. Although I think I was responding to the inconsistency in Zofici's proposed "bizim kuşun": the "bizim" is optional, but the "-umuz" is not
AliSaalehi, did you read the TIPS before starting the "pospositions skill? We have easy explanations in here. The noun before "yanında" is at genitive case > "kuşumuzUN". "UN" genitive suffix. (BizIM) kuşumuzUN is called a genitive construction.