"Benim boyum uzun."

Translation: I am tall.

[dieprinzessin]

Is that literally : My neck is long ?
Turkish is getting more poetic by the minute...:D

Benim boyum uzun. Ben zürafa oldum...

[Ektoraskan]

Neck? That's boyun. That would be: Benim boynum uzun.

Boy = height.

Benim boyum uzun = My height is long! (hmm poetic? I don't know ;p) It's just an expression to mean "I'm tall".

[dieprinzessin]

Ok I see. Here comes the irregularity. Thanks for your help. Could you give me a declination of the neck that I don't mix it up again.

[Ektoraskan]

Boyun - nominative (neck) (This also means: your height [boy-un])

Boynu - accusative (the neck [obj.])

Boyna - dative (to the neck)

Boyunda - locative (on the neck) (This also means: in your height [boy-un-da])

Boyundan - ablative (from the neck) (This also means: from your height [boy-un-dan])

Boynun - genitive (of the neck) (This also means: your neck)

Boynum, boynun, boynu, boynumuz, boynunuz, boynu/boyunları - possessives

[dieprinzessin]

Teşekkürler bütün çalışman için
Thanks for all your work!

[GiulianoBernardi]

Your replies are always most welcome :)

[Salih_Dz.]

And the second one "boynu" beside accusative it also means [his height] ?

[Yomalyn]

his/her height = "boyu"

[Momo.Reza]

I know it is completely irrelevant but in azari when they say onun buynusu yoğun it means that he is strong and forces the others to obey his orders

[nabi71]

"I am tall" ben uzunum demek değil mi? Oysa, "My hight is long" olması gerekmiyor mu?

[ex_contributor]

İngilizcede böyle bir kullanım yok "my height is long" tamamen anlamsız. Her şey birebir çevrilemiyor

[MrHilmiNevzat]

Hello Selcen

İngilizcede; "I am tall." Uzun boyluyum.

Thank you.

[ZahidahLee]

Is "ben uzunum" brings the same meaning?

[ldv1970]

I am not a native speaker, but I saw "Ben uzunum" in another discussion marked as correct and having the same meaning as "Benim boyum uzun".

[Momo.Reza]

Do we have this expression too?
Benim boynum yoğun

[Ektoraskan]

Hmm. No. It doesn't make sense in Turkish.

[ex_contributor]

yoğun is "dense" so it makes no sense

[ilknr1]

There is an idiom in Turkish: "Ensesi kalın" which means "the one who has much money and strong". I just remember it.

[a-m-j]

So if you wanted to say 'His neck is long', would it be 'Onun boynun boyun uzun'?

[ilknr1]

The correct sentence is "Onun boynu uzun." It would be "SENİN boynuN".

[a-m-j]

But if "Benin boyum uzun" means "My height is long", wouldn't 'Onun boynun boyun uzun' mean "His neck's height is long"? I was trying to us boynun instead of boynu as a possessive - "boynun boyun" = "the neck's height".

[ilknr1]

Ok, "Onun boyn-u-nun boy-u uzun" you try to say. But this is so weird. "Onun boynu uzun." is enough.

[EvaBeyza]

"Onun boynun boyu uzun." is wrong in Turkish maybe you say "Onun boynunun boyu uzun." but we don't use this sentence. Instead of this we use "Onun boynu uzun".

[Eugene.e]

Can't I say "my height is tall"?