"Peyniri bile yok."

Translation: He does not even have cheese.

[Soglio]

Why is this "He does not even have cheese," and not "There is not even any cheese"?

[orde90]

peynir is cheese and peyniri has the possessive -i. that's why it means his/her cheese

when you use var/yok with possessive endings (my, your, his/her...) they mean 'have/has'

[Uhu369]

thank you very much orde90 , finally I understand it!!!!
I have the same question like Soglio: why is this "He does not even have cheese" and not "There is not even any cheese"

[el_kousy]

how can we say even there is no cheese

peynir bile yok ?

[adham344683]

Peyniri means the cheese not his cheese

[el_kousy]

This is not the case as there no verb here to acquire the accusative suffix

[Marie_goforit]

I guess this is as if you said:

(onun) peyniri bile yok.

genitive (onun) - possessive (peyniri) - construction
for Turkish 'there is' (var) respectively 'there is not' (yok)

[MrHilmiNevzat]

"Peyniri bile yok."
Translation: He does not even have cheese.

Very funny:
Wallace & Gromit.

A Grand Day Out. To the "Moon."