"Onun toplam iki ördeği var."
Translation:He has two ducks in total.
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It should be okay. If it wasn't accepted and you run into it again, I'd say report it.
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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?
Because of the genitive-possessive-var structure, I don't see very many places the toplam could move. It seems like it needs to be "inside" the gen-poss pair, because it modifies "two" and "ducks" -- and it wouldn't make sense for it to be after "two."
So then to switch the subject, would it be "Benim toplam iki ordeğim var"?
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Yes, it's an idiom, but perfectly accepted as in the phrase: "How much is it in all?" I guess it is American usage.
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!
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I'm Canadian. Hereabouts "in all" is acceptable and would be more common than "in total" in ordinary speech.
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 )
It does sound pretty bad to me, but if Merria-Webster says its ok, I will add it :)
That is the possessive ending that goes with the genitive onun. Make sure to read the other questions and answers in the discussion before posting.
"Onun toplam iki ördeği var", my answer was "he has two ducks in total" but it says my answer is wrong.
When it is a "write what you hear" exercise, your answer will need to be in Turkish.
Um3Z
"Onun toplam iki ördeği var." Translation: He has two ducks in total.
What case the "toplam" in here
"Toplam" is an adjective, meaning: "Total." Turkish adjectives are not suffixed or carry any case markers. It does not have a case suffix. You could say "nominative." The meaning as it appears in a dictionary definition.
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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?
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)
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
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I wrote "altogether" instead of "in total", and my answer was rejected. Why is "altogether" not ok?
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.
"Onun toplam iki ördeği var." Translation: He has two ducks in total.
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She has a total of two ducks.
Correct other English answer accepted by Duo.
Hayam
Tell me is it correct if we used "She" here ?
Yes it is correct.
"Onun", possessive pronoun, meaning: His, hers, its.
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"He has the total of two ducks" should work here. It wasn't accepted :))
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The English would need "a" before total instead of "the". It also needs "of" after total. He has a total of two ducks.
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LongRoadRi
Hello beautiful couple.
Why “He has total two ducks” is wrong ?
Total goes last in Duo's English answer which is the benchmark answer.
I'm sure this English answer is correct to the original Turkish question.
"He has a total of two ducks" -> "Onun toplam iki ördeği var."
Because of, "var" in the Turkish question, you need, "has" in the English answer & "of" to conclude the quantity of ducks.
Thank you.
Hello moji
why onun?
Onun -> (possessive pronoun) -> "his/hers/its."
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