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Could anyone tell me plz why there is an "O" in the sentence if there is already "Elamalar"
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The "o" here is serving as "that": "o ada(dan)" = "(from) that island."
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I think they both work. Was "şu adadan" not accepted? (I haven't tried "şu" in this sentence, but most of the sentences here seem to accept both "şu" and "o" as translations for "that.")
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How could the apples come from an island? Are they taking a bus or a plane? Is it wrong to say "The apples are from the island", the original place of the apples, the place where they'he been pick up from!?
This sentence is talking about the place of origin of the apples. I have added "The apples are from the island" as an alternative.
Nope, that would be more like "O adadan olan elmalar geliyor." "from that island" is modifying "apples" in your sentence and modifiers always precede what they modify in Turkish. always
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It's grammatical Turkish, but it's not a correct translation of the English sentence. Without the "o," you're saying, "the apples are coming from the island," and the English sentence here has the apples coming from that island.
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Thank you, I started now to feel better how the "o" is used in the sentence. I thought it refers to the "apples", while actually it refers the "island", so it gives the meaning of "that Island".
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"The apples come from that island" was accepted. In English, this would mean that the island is the source of the apples, NOT that the apples are right now being transported from the island to the mainland.... But I thought that "geliyor" had to mean the latter only. Can anyone clarify, please? Thank you.
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Because "o" needs to be "that," and "from that the island" doesn't make any sense in English. (It's a situation in which the hover tips need to be approached with caution. Duo generates them automatically, and they're not always exactly appropriate to the sentence — especially in cases in which the word order varies a lot, as it does between Turkish and English. So you sometimes have to use your judgement to build a sentence that makes sense.)
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My approach to Turkish is very recent and this language is very far from mine (Italian), so if I start with the questions, I 'd never finish (the following one would be:"And why 'o' should be understood as 'that'?). But I stop here. thank you and I add a "Brava!" for your books.
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Thanks!
I might be able to help with the "o" question: when "o" is a pronoun, it corresponds to "he," "she," or "it," but if it modifies a noun, it translates to "that" in English ("o elma" = "that apple"; "o kedi" = "that cat"; and so on).
In this sentence, "o" isn't the subject (because "elmalar" is already the subject), so you know it's modifying "adadan." Hence, "from that island."
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You mean a personal pronom in the nominative case (If not it is "onu")? Anyway it's clear now. Very kind of you.
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Right, personal pronoun in the nominative case.
Glad it makes more sense, now! =)
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Surely, the fact is that any language wants to be studied deeply, and this also from the natives (I see that in mine)!
