"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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It should be okay. If it wasn't accepted and you run into it again, I'd say report it.
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So then to switch the subject, would it be "Benim toplam iki ordeğim var"?
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Can't it be possible to replace "in total" by "in all"?
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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 :)
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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.
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Thanks for your comment. It might be regional, as you say. I'm not sure either.
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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)
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I wrote "altogether" instead of "in total", and my answer was rejected. Why is "altogether" not ok?
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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.
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I wrote "He has two ducks altogether." and was told wrong. That should be close enough, no?
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Hi gabejosh, see my post above and sainio's helpful proposal: report this via the "my translation should be accepted" button :-)