"The skirt is on the shoe."
Translation:Etek ayakkabının üzerinde.
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What is the difference between üzerinde and üstünde? Both are acceptable for this translation but is there a different shade of meaning attached?
From the Duolingo Turkish deck on Memrise: üzeri = outer; over (ü) üst = top; upper
I also thought it would be ust; wondering how much of the difference is contextual to the culture (like "in school" vs "at school" in English)
What is the stance on including "papuç" as shoe? Is it too old timey or villagey?
it is really outdated, I am not saying we won't add it, we can talk about it, but really nobody says that anymore
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Well, in exchange, "papuç" (papuci) is still active and alive in Romanian. It has the same meaning generally (ayakkabılar) and in addition, more specific, for the type of shoes used inside the house.
I put "Etek ayakkabında" and got it wrong. I'm trying to understand why. Is it considered an incomplete sentence? Or maybe it just doesn't work that way grammatically. I guess I thought of "Etek ayakkabının üzerinde" as more literally "The skirt is on top of the shoe."
'Etek ayakkabında' means 'The skirt is in your shoe.'
ayakkabı(shoe) - n(2nd singular person possession marker) - da(locative case marker)
Simply consider it as a rule: if you want to use such location indicators (üzerinde,içende,üstünde..etc) after a noun, then you must add (-in) after the noun that precedes it. (Noun+in + locative).. Consider the vowels harmony of course.
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What is the difference between üzerinde and üstünde? Why my answer with "üstünde" was not acceptable
