"Küçük yengeç onlarda."

Translation: They have the small crab.

[Victopteryx]

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

[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)

[MrHilmiNevzat]

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

"The small crab is with them." - Baska doğru İngilizce cevap.

[davtul]

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

[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

[Selcen_Ozturk]

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

[Tancrisism]

I think someone ran out of inspiration with the narratives here

[Andi886142]

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

[evelyn-miriam]

onlar

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biz
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onlar

[masoud480044]

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".