"Onların yağı yoktur."
Translation:They do not have oil.
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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?