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How would you differentiate between "They do not have oil" and "They do not have their oil" ?
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Say 'Onlarda yağlar yok' maybe değil here and 'Onların yağı yok'
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Still don't understand why: hey do not have the oil, is not correct. Isn't yagi the accusative for oil?
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The -i ending is also the ending for the possessed object (their oil), so it's not accusative in this instance. They just happen to look the same.
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I am also confused with the use of -tur in this exercise. Did you, or anyone, figure out why it's 'yoktur', and not just 'yok'?
I think the -dIr suffix (which is in this case -tur) is added in order to emphasize or state a fact that they do not have oil. Please correct me if I am wrong :)
So, we can say "Onların yağı vardır. " as well, to say that they do have oil?
I wrote, "They do not have fat" and it was marked wrong. In past lessons and in the dictionary, yağ is defined as either oil or fat. On Turkish products, products such as skim milk are labeled yağsız, fat free. Duolingo is clearly wrong here.
