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some of the sounds are so quiet i cant make them out even though my speakers are banging...
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"Var" means "there is", "yok" means "there isn't" (within this context). Your sentence would be like "You have don't have sugar" or literally "There is your sugar isn't there" or something : P
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And yok/yoktur vs. değil?
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Well, yok means "there is not". Saying "Senin Sekerin yok" means "Your sugar doesn't exist" or "You don't have sugar" and is the opposite of var, which means "there is". To us, var may as well be interpreted as "have", and yok as "have not" in this possessive context.
According to another source, "yoktur" means "definitely non-existent", where as "vardir" means "definitely is". They are used to emphasize factual statements, which I believe was previously stated. My Turkish friends have never corrected my usage of "yok" though, so this is somewhat new to me.
Degil means "not". If you said.. "Senin Sekerein degil" that is negating the implication that the sugar was yours. So, it's like saying "(It's) not your sugar". Does this make sense?
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That makes a lot more sense, thank you so much!!
"Onun şekeri" -- "Senin şekerin"
The endings change with the person doing the possessing.
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So if I wanted to say "You do not have /the/ sugar" (maybe referring to some special sugar :)) would it be "Senin sekerin/i/ yok"?
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Why is "You don't have your sugar" wrong? As an alternative solution, Doulingo suggested "You don't have any sugar".
:You don't have your sugar" would be "Şekerin sende değil." The instant you start talking about some sort of specific item (the sugar, my book, our house, etc), you will use the locative and not var.
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How would you say "This is not your sugar" or "This sugar is not yours"?
