There is | There is NOT |I have | I don’t have

Ok todays lesson is a little different than the other grammar stuff. This one is easy but hard to understand for some people at first.

-VAR (There is | have)

-YOK (There is not | have not)

Lets try to say i have a car .

Car: araba

araba(m) var -I have a car :[You use the possesion suffix to tell that it is your car.] {Benim arabam var.}

araba(m) yok- I don’t have a car

araba(n) yok - You don’t have a car.

araba yok - There is no car.

araba(sı) yok - He/she doesnt have a car.

you can form lots of sentences like this.

Challange:

try to say : i have 2 apples in my pocket

Comments 6

  1. Stefan wrote:

    Is it: “Incine cepim iki elmalerim var.” ?

    Posted 20 Apr 2008 (4 weeks ago) at 12:17 am
  2. frozsgy wrote:

    @stefan: you should say: “cebimde iki elmam var” <—- thats correct as well apple has possessions.
    in Turkish, we user plural forms of words rarely for things don’t alive. <—- never heard of this one myself.

    Posted 20 Apr 2008 (4 weeks ago) at 5:46 pm
  3. admin wrote:

    “Cebimde iki elma var.” is the correct form. when you say the quantitiy of the apples you must not plural it like “elmalar”

    Posted 21 Apr 2008 (4 weeks ago) at 6:52 am
  4. Stefan wrote:

    @frosgy: aint apples considered alive in turkey?

    Posted 22 Apr 2008 (4 weeks ago) at 4:44 pm
  5. Louise wrote:

    Didnt know that you dont make objects plural.

    Posted 26 Apr 2008 (3 weeks ago) at 10:44 pm
  6. Louise wrote:

    Cebimde iki tane elma var. <—- Nicely Done!!!

    Posted 26 Apr 2008 (3 weeks ago) at 10:45 pm

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