"Ördekler benim ördeklerim."

Translation: The ducks are my ducks.

[cesiturk]

Sometimes the sentences are just so strange I get very befuddled.

[XMO]

It's almost like they were written by quacks.

[alansberlin]

Me, too!

[Salih_Dz.]

How would we say "ducks, my ducks" as if we were talking to our mind e.g. ducks my ducks where you have been till now...

[AboAyman3]

My aswer was: the ducks are mine.
It was rejected.
Why.

[Paul138242]

I think that would be wditten as "Ördekler benim."

[SinaKB]

The sentence has two ducks. The way you think is ördekler benim.

[BenTimm]

This has a great beat

[Will709432]

This is brilliant. It's like a mantra. Just keep repeating it

[virtueavatar]

this is the only way you would use this sentence

[pogotc]

Assuming my understanding of suffixes is correct it seems like ördeklerim, on its own, could either be the possessive or the copula. In this sentence the possessive makes more sense than the copula (I am ducks) but is there a way to know for sure which one is being used in other sentences?

[IrinaDonet]

Wtf ?

[souadelkadi]

Tge ducks are mine is correct

[JugderGurr1]

The ducks are mine

[simpn12]

Would someone be able to explain this one to me?

[gluadys]

Ördekler = ducks or the ducks

benim ördeklerim. = my ducks (possessive pronoun + noun with possessive ending)

The speaker is claiming ownership of the ducks. "The ducks are my ducks, (not his ducks)."

[JosGuzmn655545]

Funny

[InasNabulsi]

Wasn't it enough to say mine !!

[Lennart_BE]

The ducks are mine should be considered correct.

[Lily546014]

Söz çok güzel

[Alex888021]

Can we get explanation why the answer "The ducks are mine" is not correct?

[MrHilmiNevzat]

Alex888021

Can we get explanation why the answer "The ducks are mine" is not correct?

"Ördekler benim ördeklerim."
Translation: The ducks are my ducks.

Let's look at the Turkish question:

Plural noun - "Ördekler" "the" ducks.

Benim - Ben - "me" & "-im" possessive pronoun suffix for - "are mine."

Ördeklerim - ördek - "duck" ördekler - "the" ducks & ördeklerim. The -im suffix signifies ownership - possession.

The ducks are my ducks. The Turkish question has two plural words. The repeated plural word ducks for "subject" & "object."

"My" & "mine" are pronouns & determiners in English. The Turkish question does not have a verb as such & "ördeklerim" is the only way to recognise /distinguish ownership.

I still believe personally that your answer is correct.

If I am wrong regarding the verb then it is integral to the word - ördeklerim - "my ducks."

EDITED - (14/10/2019)
Can we get explanation why the answer "The ducks are mine" is not correct?

"The ducks are mine" - Ördekler benim.

[Alex888021]

Thanks for the explanation :-) I undrestand now. By the meaning it could be ok, but we need to translate as it is written.

[Hamdi987505]

Why "the ducks are mine" is a wrong answer?

[Igli508861]

Çoook güüzeeel

[AsyrafAbidi]

already wrote correct answer (the ducks are my ducks)but unfortunately wrong

[adel302863]

Could we say
Those are my ducks
Sunlar benim ordeklerim

[annieHB1]

What a strange sentence

[Majdi92612]

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