"Onun toplam iki ördeği var."

Translation: He has two ducks in total.

[Saeed.Farhan]

" He has a total of two ducks. " is wrong here?

[sainio]

It should be okay. If it wasn't accepted and you run into it again, I'd say report it.

[Lng52-._]

Accepted per DL (12/24/2017)

[jameszhou13]

Is the position of "toplam" in this sentence somewhat flexible? Can it be placed elsewhere in the sentence or is this the only correct order?

[pilotjones1991]

Is the suffix on ördeği here accusative or possessive?

[sainio]

It's possessive.

[shiningaardvark]

So then to switch the subject, would it be "Benim toplam iki ordeğim var"?

[sainio]

Exactly! =)

[pilotjones1991]

Teşekkür ederim!

[gremedios]

Can't it be possible to replace "in total" by "in all"?

[AlexinNotTurkey]

Nope, that does not work in English :)

[sainio]

You can say "he has two ducks in all" in English. (I was trying to decide if it was different at all from "in total," but I think it's the same thing. Webster's seems to think so, too: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20all )

[AlexinNotTurkey]

It does sound pretty bad to me, but if Merria-Webster says its ok, I will add it :)

[gremedios]

Yes, it's an idiom, but perfectly accepted as in the phrase: "How much is it in all?" I guess it is American usage.

[AlexinNotTurkey]

I am also American :D It might be a regionalism of some sort. I myself am Appalachian and have not heard it, but I am not all of America!

[gluadys]

I'm Canadian. Hereabouts "in all" is acceptable and would be more common than "in total" in ordinary speech.

[gremedios]

Thanks for your comment. It might be regional, as you say. I'm not sure either.

[JulienGuil8]

Hello, same question for "overall". What do you think?

[doctorzc]

When I play the phrase, "ördeği" sounds like "ör-di-yi" (or like değil = di-yil in some recordings). Is that the recording being weird or does the ğ change the preceding vowel?

Side question: how is the ğ properly pronounced?

[AlexinNotTurkey]

Some people may pronounce it like that in real life but it definitely isn't standard :)

"ğ" just makes the proceeding longer. However, depending on what vowels you have following it, it may come out like a 'y.' (the letter "y" and the sound of "i" in Turkish are reallllly close anyways)

[doctorzc]

Teşekkürler!

[Ozlem1221]

a friend and native turkish speaker once joked to me " the 'ğ' can sometimes sound like a very soft 'g' that doesn't quite make it" xD

[swimmer217329]

i read "He has two ducks in total"
why wrong????

[HiMeCriss]

Isn't tane neccessary here? As in "Onun toplam iki tane ördeği var"

[ghada509404]

Why ördeği ? why it's not ördek?

[MrHilmiNevzat]

"Onun toplam iki ördeği var."
Translation: He has two ducks in total.

&

She has a total of three ducks.

Correct other English answer accepted by Duo.

[Jason354]

Duo never tought me how to say duck plural:/

[armanduuu]

why does iki sound like ike?

[LiviaAny18]

someone can explain me why this order of words?

[Anna694674]

I wrote "altogether" instead of "in total", and my answer was rejected. Why is "altogether" not ok?

[sainio]

My guess is that it's just a missing translation. If you run into it again, you can use the "report a problem" button to report it, and I imagine they'll add it.

[Anna694674]

Thank you sainio, I will :-))

[gabejosh]

I wrote "He has two ducks altogether." and was told wrong. That should be close enough, no?

[Anna694674]

Hi gabejosh, see my post above and sainio's helpful proposal: report this via the "my translation should be accepted" button :-)

[gabejosh]

I did. Thanks. :)

[Mihajlo81729]

Can I say Onun iki toplan ördeği var ?