"Onun toplam iki ördeği var."
Translation:He has two ducks in total.
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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?
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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.
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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 )
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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I wrote "altogether" instead of "in total", and my answer was rejected. Why is "altogether" not ok?
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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The English would need "a" before total instead of "the". It also needs "of" after total. He has a total of two ducks.
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.