"Odada küçük bir baykuş var."
Translation:There is a small owl in the room.
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"In the room there is a small owl" should also be accepted shouldn't it?
"There is an owl in the small room" = "Küçük odada bir baykuş var."
- Küçük bir baykuş = A small owl
- Bir baykuş = An owl
- Küçük oda = The small room / Küçük odada = At the small room
- Oda = The room / Odada = at the room
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So it's just the placement of küçük? Does that mean that attributive adjectives don't change to match the case/number of the nouns they modify? And is there a difference between küçük bir baykuş and bir küçük baykuş?
Yes, it's like in English. A noun which you place an adjective its near takes that adjective's meaning. And, yes. They don't change:
- Küçük baykuş = The small owl
- küçük bir baykuş = A small owl
- Küçük baykuşlar = Small owls / The small owls
Also, "bir küçük baykuş" is incorrect. Adjectives come before a "bir".
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Okay, thanks.
I still have one question, though. You said bir küçük baykuş means "a small owl", but that bir küçük baykuş is incorrect. Can you clarify that?
Yes, it is still incorrect. I think I typed so because you typed the same. My bad, sorry. Fixed that :) "kucuk bir baykus" is correct.
I think because that would be Kücük bir baykus odada (sorry I don't have the right keyboard). The var indicates existence ("there is") rather than simply present tense.
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• There is a small owl in the room. → Odada küçük bir baykuş var.
• A small owl is in the room. → Küçük bir baykuş odada.
Although, they have similar meanings, they are two seperate sentences.