"There is a bird on my right."

Translation: Sağımda bir kuş var.

[Ehsan_Mehmed]

why Sağımda and not Sağda?

[Selcen_Ozturk]

because it is not "on the right", it is "on my right"

[Ehsan_Mehmed]

so it will be like this?
Sağımda
Sağsında
Sağsinizda
Sağsızda

right?

[Ektoraskan]

No. Those are the suffixes for verb to be. You need possessives:

Benim sağımda, senin sağında, onun sağında, bizim sağımızda, sizin sağınızda, onların sağında.

[Ehsan_Mehmed]

ok, thanks for your explanation :)

[Harrison995550]

Why can't I say, "bir kus sagimda var"?

[alexbc92]

Yeah, I said the same thing, and it said I was wrong.

[Selcen_Ozturk]

it doesn't work, in general indefinite objects ("bir kuş") cannot come before locative, ablative, subject etc.

[Harrison995550]

Thanks! That makes sense

[el_kousy]

İ cant understand why it is not a subject
Also what is indefinte and defiinte what does this ean

[SheridanZhoy]

A definite noun is one which refers to a specific thing. If the noun 'bird' were definite, the listener/reader would know exactly which bird was being referred to, and the article used would be 'the', not 'a.' Hope this makes sense.

[el_kousy]

Tamam , teşekkürler ederim

[Keith_Bowes]

That was also my first guess, but then I remembered that "bir kuş var", doesn't literally mean "there's a bird", but "a bird exists", so it makes sense. If you said "bir kuş sağımda var", you'd be saying that on the right exists, but "Sağımda bir kuş var" means "On my right, a bird exists."

[munzerK]

Why not "bir kuş sağımda" ?

[DyedBison]

Also, see above for Selcen's explanation of the word order.

[SheridanZhoy]

You need to include a translation for the "there is."

[SheridanZhoy]

Is the 'bir' required here? Why?

[Ektoraskan]

It's not obligatory.

[pamela764448]

isen't it the same "sağımda bir kuş var" and the "bir kuş var sağımda "

[Mariane584083]

pamela, you have the same four words in yours two sentences, but only the first sentence is correct, in a correct words' order, according to Türkish grammar rules.
Have a look there, very clear, spoken, by Yasin Durak: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnHseUFnrrk, or on Duolingo Turkish grammar portal, or many other thurkish grammar sites.

[ChloeElisabethC]

Why not benim sağım kuşda

[SheridanZhoy]

sağ - right
sağım - my right
sağımda - on my right

kuş - bird
kuşda - on the bird

[ChloeElisabethC]

I see my error.

[Syedamahin1]

Sağimda bir kuş var

[BabaJim]

Can someone explain the difference between "sağımda" and "sağdayım." I thought I have seen both used. But possibly the second example is just incorrect Turkish.

[Mariane584083]

Hello BabaJim, "sağ"= "right", "sağda"="on the right", sağimda"="on my right" and "sağdayım"="i am on the right"= "sağda+ y (buffer)+ im (personal pronoun first person singular suffix). "sağda" is conjugated as a verb. "Evin sağındayım" = "i am on the right of the house", "Evimin sağındayım" = "i am on the right of my house".

[BabaJim]

Tesekkurler (no Turkish keyboard)

[alibektas34]

"Sağ" is both the name of a direction and an adjective as "alive".

For example:

"Babanız sağ mı?"

"Is your father alive?"

[HushamShekly]

(What is wrong with: Bir kus sagimda var)?