"Küçük yengeç onlarda."

Translation: They have the small crab.

[Victopteryx]

Why couldn't I say they have "a" small crab?

[Oguz130131]

Then it would have to be:
»Bir« küçük yengeç onlarda

[MrHilmiNevzat]

Oguz130131

Good morning & your answer is very clear.

Thank you.

A ^ & lingot.

[MrHilmiNevzat]

"Küçük yengeç onlarda."
Translation: They have the small crab.

&

"The small crab is with them."

Correct other English answer accepted by Duo.

[ChloeElisabethC]

Why can't i say "They have a young crab"?

[Chiliem]

'yengeç' means 'crab'
'genç' means 'young'.
I think 'They have a young crab' would translate as 'Onlar genç yengeç var'
(@native Turkish: please correct me if I'm wrong)

[davtul]

What is the difference between "the" small crab, and "a" small crab?

[Kareem_human]

Yengeçi is yengeçi because its the subject of the sentence. If it was an object, it would just be yengeç.

[Marvella62]

I think you have it switched around. The accusative ending never goes on the subject, only on the object.

[linguafiqari]

Does this mean that they have the small crab on their being?

[sonofneptune]

Küçük yengeç onlarda means they are the owner of the small crab

[ex_contributor]

no that's wrong. "Küçük yengeç onlarda" means that the crab is with them, for example at their apartment. Just like the English version "I have the X". You wouldn't say "I have the X" to imply that you possess an X. You would only use it in such a case

• Where are the X and Y that I saw yesterday?
• I have the X, Adam has the Y.

When you mean you possess something, you don't use "the".

I have a car - Benim (bir) arabam var.

I have cars - Benim arabalarım var

etc

[Marvella62]

It is the da part of onlarda which tells us the location of the small crab is with them. Is that correct?

[DinZausa]

Why 'Var' word is not used?.. when the sentence says 'they have'.

[Tancrisism]

I think someone ran out of inspiration with the narratives here

[masoud.khoshbin]

Why not "onlarin küçük yengeci var"

[Elise504617]

You are right, I was confused and a Turkish friend just explained me that "They have the small crab" is "Onlarin küçük yengeci var".

[Andi2030]

Is it, "on-lar," or, "ol-nar," because I generally hear the latter and that's just confusing.

[RozitaShah]

when shouls we use (the) ? there is no sign and also sometimes has no meaning in Eng

[oblo_ozorno]

Русским эти конструкции прикольны тем, что можно их для себя переводить как "маленький краб при них", " Большой кот при мне"