"İstanbul is in the northwest of Turkey."
Translation:İstanbul Türkiye'nin kuzey batısında.
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Is, "Türkiye'nin kuzey batısında İstanbul vardır" also correct? I was disappointed because a lot of thought went into this sentence, haha
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Is -sında possessive + n + locative? If so do we have a rule that explains the -n- or is that just something to memorize?
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Yes. Check this table: http://www.learningpracticalturkish.com/turkish-buffer-letters.html
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Can you write "northwest" as one word "kuzeybatı" as you would in English? And if so, could "in the northwest" be written all as one word, i.e., "kuzeybatısında"?
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Kuzeybatı is written as one word. But about possessive:
Ev kuzeybatıda: The house is in the northwest.
Ev marketin kuzeybatısında: The house is in the northwest of the market.
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Why don't we use the "dadir" ending for this? This seems like a factual statement.
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It should not be written separately, it is basically a compound word. Therefore "kuzeybati" is correct translation for northwest.
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It is a possessive suffix. Onun evi (o-nun ev-i - his/her house), öğrencinin ödevi (öğrenci-nin ödev-i - the student's assignment/homework). There should be a lesson about this. Try to check it. It's called the genitive case.
(n)in stands for "of" here, just like s in English. Koksys (of Koksy). The first n is buffer. in means of.
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Would 'Istanbul is in the north of Turkey' be 'İstanbul Türkiye'nin kuzeyinde' ?
