"There is a bird on my right."

Translation: Sağımda bir kuş var.

[Ehsan_Mehmed]

why Sağımda and not Sağda?

[ex_contributor]

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.

[Harrison995550]

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

[alexbc92]

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

[ex_contributor]

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

[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.

[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.

[Danika_Dakika]

That means -- "a bird is on my right." It is similar, but a different sentence in both languages.

[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.

[alibektas34]

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

For example:

"Babanız sağ mı?"

"Is your father alive?"

[ChloeElisabethC]

Why not benim sağım kuşda

[SheridanZhoy]

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

kuş - bird
kuşda - on the bird

[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".

[Gerbaltic]

Is there a reason for why it's "Sağımda" and not "Sağndeyim"?

[Danika_Dakika]

I would need to know more about why you think it should be "Sağndeyim" in order to answer. At the very least, you have issues with vowel harmony, an unexplained "n," and your suffixes are out of order for this meaning.

[NeniAthanasiadou]

Why not "bir kusu" ?

[Danika_Dakika]

A locative-var sentence does not need an accusative (or possessive?) on the main noun.

[paulavandun]

I wrote: benim sağım bir kuş var. Is that wrong?

[Danika_Dakika]

It is wrong. You need the locative case. Your sentence means "A my-right bird exists."