"Evin rengi kırmızı."
Translation:The color of the house is red.
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You didn't do a direct translation of the sentence above. Your sentence would be "Evin kırmızı."
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The problem is that "The color of the house is red" or "The house's color is red" is not idiomatic English. I really think this is a bad question.
Sure it is, or at least in my English (which I have been speaking my entire life) :) "What's the color of the house?" "The color of the house is red." It may not be the most common way of saying this, but it doesn't make it unidiomatic or ungrammatical.
This questions exists to teach you the consonant mutation in "renk."
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Well, we'll just have to agree to disagree then. If you told me "The color of the house is red," I would assume you weren't a native English speaker, or at least think it was an odd way to get your point across. I know that the question serves a useful purpose in terms of Turkish, but they could easily find an example that translates better to English, or just allow "The house is red" as an idiomatic translation.
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"The house is red coloured" "The house is coloured red" "The colour of the house is red" - I get it, it's an effin' red house!
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Can someone please explain to me why "Your house's color is red" is incorrect? I thought that if "evin" means "your house", this translation should be correct.
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In "Evin rengi" ev is the possessor and renk is the possessed thing, in Turkish both get a suffix
This is explained in tips and notes https://www.duolingo.com/skill/tr/Possessives
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I am a Turk. but I do not understand the listening practice. Always. wrong, says
But, I love duolingo. THANKS :D
Which "the" are you referring to? :) There are two in this sentence.