Thank you. It is a great catch actually. As you already know, there is no "Possessive Adjective" (İyelik Sıfatı) term in Turkish grammar but this video is intended to teach "English Speakers" how to use English "Possessive Adjectives (my, your, his/her...etc...) in Turkish and how they are formed in Turkish grammar. That is why, i used this terminology. When the time comes or (according to the topic in question) and I teach possessive constructions (isim tamlaması), then i will use the term "tamlayan" (possessor) and "tamlanan" (possessed). Thanks again for your catch and comment. I appreciate your time :)

@@TurkishJourney Thanks. I have not come across that terminology before. So it's something new for me.

Thank you very much for your comment. Unfortunately I am not offering any private classes. I hope my videos can help you to be fluent and grasp the details of this beautiful language.

​@@TurkishJourneyYou are most welcome and thanks for your response,I will try my best to use your videos,I believe they will help me to be fluent .

It is great. I hope you can visit Türkiye one day and use what you learn from my channel :)

Hi there, i will come back to you soon. I am just busy a little these days :) Thank you

@@TurkishJourney Dankeschön fürs Bescheid geben. Lieb Grüße

Thanks

Thank you so much for your encouraging words. If you have any questions, let me know.

Hi, thank you. Really? I am trying to find the balance between being clear and not being boring while speaking. Thanks for your comment. Is there any specific video that you would say I am speaking really fast?

@@TurkishJourney when you speak Turkish is ok I mean your English fast not all video some of

Hi Gwen, thank you for your comment. All of those concepts have been explained here and there when necessary. But, there are also videos specifically dedicated to those. For example: The parts of the sentences such as predicate, direct object are explained in this playlist. There are 5 videos and if you watch them in order, it is built one after another: kzbin.info/aero/PLASGkqfm55wQSPjjS_B1Mx0_sxDYEIIxv Noun Cases such as accusative, dative, genitive are available here in this video as an overview: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHOTpHVoa5xpb6c And in this playlist in detail: kzbin.info/aero/PLASGkqfm55wQf_BR53dLWJ9zOhz-_it1D Hope these help. If you have further questions, let me know.

Hi there, thank you so much for your encouraging words and I am glad that you found my channel wonderful.

Rica ederim.

Rica ederim.

I thought I understood the pronunciation when there is a yumuşak g, but this is new (to me). Is it common when there is "maya" or just "aya" in a word? Thanks so much for this information!

I see. I actually have a playlist for how to form sentences in Turkish.

Here it is: Sentence Construction in Turkish kzbin.info/aero/PLASGkqfm55wQSPjjS_B1Mx0_sxDYEIIxv

@@TurkishJourney thank you for your effort !!

Hi Fabiola.. There is actually a google play/book app for Apple. I did not have time to upload it to Apple Books yet. If you do not want to download the Google Book app, can you send me an email from my contact in my website? I can send you the pdf versions. If you like them and support me by buying them, then I can find a way to upload them to Apple books. Just let me know. Thanls

Rica ederim. 👍👍

Merhaba. Just because "otel" has been already mentioned, it is better to say "otelin odası" bacause the hotel is definite. But, the best is "Oda çok küçük ama çok hoş." because it is already clear that the room (oda) belongs to the hotel.

@@TurkishJourney çok teşekkür ederim.

More detailed version is here: Learn Turkish: How to form sentences in Turkish? | Flexible Word Order | Part 5 | 68 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXWsZaOIl9l6mbs

Merhaba. Welcome to my channel. I hope my channel will support you to learn Turkish. If you have any questions, let me know.

Hi there, Thank you for your message. I see your point and this is valid for many other learners. For those examples you mentioned and many other ones as well, the literal translation of one language to another simple does not work. For accusative case, it is relatively simpler because accusative case is about transitive verbs. But, for other case suffixes (such as dative, ablative, locative), there are many verbs that use those suffixes on their oblique objjects. And there is no logical rule for it. You will need to memorize them. Here in this video of mine, you can see some examples to those: Which Verb with Which Suffix : kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGbXoJWZl9aeetk This can also help you: Dative, Accusative or Nominative? kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2nRXquYg716mZI This video can also give you an example ot how to say "I am ready to do this." kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJTaopmOg755gdU I hope this helps.

@@TurkishJourney Merhaba Sercan, I wanted to thank you for your detailed explanation and the videos of yours i could reference underneath. I took some time to study your explanation and videos to familiarise myself with the concept and it's workings. It's a bit of a loaded area as the more questions i found myself asking the more explanations i had to find. I see myself as a competent Turkish speaker but I've avoided giving myself very complex grammar lessons other than what i simply had to conceptualise for speaking as i went along because i find i learn better through application and i think too many details can make a language more complex, after all English is my native language and i hardly understand how it's grammar functions, but i have learned how to talk through application. A new language definitely does take some extra brain power however! So since then I've taken a break from the subject to return and do a review so i can concrete the understanding i have and perhaps come back to you/your explanation if needed to go over anything I've confused. I didn't want you to think your explanation was received unappreciated so thank you so much for clearly being as active and informative in your community as possible in order to help others, i know it must be a taxing task at times. I have been learning Turkish for over a year and a half now and whilst i speak it every day with my to be spouce and his family I feel like I'm especially disheartened at times as I'm currently trying to review essentially all my flash cards and I don't feel like i'm making enough daily progress despite my free time and i generally put myself down in the things i care about. What do you recommend for struggling in this way, i think if i push on I'll see it through but it can be quite lonely stewing in self doubt and i need a way to move past my criticism before it ruins my ability to improve. I'm wondering if i need a mental break from my pressure or to just refocus on my favourite parts of learning (new vocabulary) but I'm afraid to not review my vocabulary how i need to and don't actually mind doing if I'm happy in myself because i have the reward of knowing I've worked hard and done something equally important. Thank you for being a source of support for so many, Amelie.

Because you posted your question here as well, I am doing the same thing :) Hi there, Thank you for your message. I see your point and this is valid for many other learners. For those examples you mentioned and many other ones as well, the literal translation of one language to another simple does not work. For accusative case, it is relatively simpler because accusative case is about transitive verbs. But, for other case suffixes (such as dative, ablative, locative), there are many verbs that use those suffixes on their oblique objjects. And there is no logical rule for it. You will need to memorize them. Here in this video of mine, you can see some examples to those: Which Verb with Which Suffix : kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGbXoJWZl9aeetk This can also help you: Dative, Accusative or Nominative? kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2nRXquYg716mZI This video can also give you an example ot how to say "I am ready to do this." kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJTaopmOg755gdU I hope this helps.

@@TurkishJourney That's very kind of you, I will reply in the initial video.

@ameliecrawshaw3792 Okay, i will take a look at you other comment soon. Thank you

I am glad you found my channel. I hope you will learn a lot of things. Rica ederim. :)

Rica ederim.

I am glad to see this :) You are welcome.

Hi there. You are welcome. I am super happy that you learned so much from my videos. Hımm, the letters of the alphabet... When I was a child, there was a song. I do not remember any more though. But, I am sure there are some songs to learn the letters of the alphabet. However, I think, right now, at schools, instead of teaching just the letters, they teach the sounds of the letters.

Ok thank you! My issue is when I need to say an abbreviation like MNG or SGK (or how to spell my name) I sometimes have trouble knowing how to say the actual letters.

Aaah. Now I understand. Well, for abbreviations, we mostly use the letters as you hear in this video of mine. (But not always). I think it is all about how these abbreviations are introduced at the very beginning. For MNG we say, "Me Ne Ge" For SGK we say, "Se Ge Ka" For NTV, then it is said "En Ti Vi" as it would be in Engish. For the names for example, If your name is "Eva", You would say "E Ve A" But, in general when it is not clear we also say, Edirne'nin E'si (E as in Edirne), Van'ın Ve'si (V as in Van), Antalya'nın A'sı (A as in Antalya). This way, everyone will understand. :) I hope this helps.

Rica ederim.

Hi there. Thank you. "Ben Türkçeyle (Türk diliyle) çok ilgileniyorum." "Ama onun kurallarını bilmiyorum." Sizin cümlelerinizden çok memnun kaldım. Teşekkürler :)

düzeltmeleriminiz için teşekkür ederim

@janegough7626 Rica ederim. Sorunuz olursa yazabilirsiniz.

Thank you. I am glad this video really helped you.

Hi there, what do you mean with backwards? If you mean the sentence structure you can check the following playlist.

Sentence Construction in Turkish kzbin.info/aero/PLASGkqfm55wQSPjjS_B1Mx0_sxDYEIIxv

​@@TurkishJourneyfor example in Turkish Dünya büyük bir reformdan geçiyor ve hala çok değişiyor That's why I asked if it's written backwards

" Dünya büyüm bir reformdan geçiyor ve hala çok değişiyor." is actually pretty simple and typical sentence in Turkish. I still could not understand what you mean with "backwards"?

@@TurkishJourney and when I invert the sentence and the beginning comes last now I think I understood and by inverting the sentence that's why I didn't understand

Great sentence. "Bu kuralları unutmaktan korkuyorum." Your notes will definitely help you and you should practise as well. Let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you. A little improvement, "Ben Türkçemin çok kötü olduğunu fark ettim."

@@TurkishJourney teşekkür ederim hocam

Thank you.

Thanks.

Teşekkür ederim. Ben de bu videoyu izlemeye karar verdiğin için mutluyum. :)

Çok faydalıydı

Please can we have more intermediate grammar topics like this. There is quite a lot of material available for beginners in Turkish, but not so much for B1 and beyond.

Çok sevindim.

I understand and I know. I am gonna do those types of videos as well. However for now, I mostly cover beginner level topics with details as much as possible. And sometimes I try to cover the topic which most people find difficult. But as the time goes, I will definitely cover intermediate and advanced topics. Thank you very much.

Thank you. More natural way could be : Da ve de'nin daha az kullanıldığını fark ettim. :) Thank you.

@@TurkishJourney benim cümle yanlış yani ?

Evet. Diye, "fark etmek" fiiliyle kullanılmıyor.

Glad you liked it :)

Hi Trevor, Thank you. It is basically like this. When the sentence is VAR / YOK sentence, the subject does not need the genitive case suffix. Kapıda araba var. Kapıda araba olduğunu gördüm. Araba kapıda. Arabanın kapıda olduğunu gördüm. Hope this helps.

Thanks

Hey there, All of these forms are gramatically correct: Onlar benim öğrencilerimdi. Onlar benim öğrencimdi. Benim öğrencilerimdi. But the natives would use: Onlar benim öğrencimdi.

@@TurkishJourney very helpful. thank you again teacher

@yousofahmad6790 You are welcome.

Super happy to see you comment. I am glad my videos help you :)

Çok teşekkürler. A little improvement. "Bu kanalın çok faydalı olduğunu düşünüyorum." is more natural as a translation of "I find this channel very useful." Thank you :)

You are welcome. I am glad you liked it.

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@@TurkishJourneyin my grammar book the ending -dik ist called possesiv participle -DIğI it is used for subclauses like: relative clauses

@juliannaruffini Thank you. Do you have any sentence examples from your grammar book for those?

@@TurkishJourneysure a lot: Ece, gazete okuduğunu söyledi. Ece'nin Türkiye'ye gittiğini biliyorum. Suzan, hasta olduğunu söyledi. Suzan, hasta olmadığıni söyledi. Ulf'un ne istediğini bilmiyorum. Senin bira içmediğin doğru değil. Sen benim uyuduğumu biliyordun. Yorgun olduğunu görüyorum.

Thank you. But, i think your grammar book does not mention how the suffix -diği (-dik + -i ) is formed. diği is formed using verbal adjective suffix (dik) and possessive suffix for the 3rd singular person (i). Hope this helps

I am glad you found this channel :). Thank you

Thank you! 😃 I am glad you liked it.

Really. It's a pretty difficult grammatical phenomenon, and you make it seem a lot lot easier than it actually is. Many thanks again.❤

Thank you so much. I am glad my way of doing things really help you. Just let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you. I am glad it helped.

You are welcome. I am happy you liked it. Please like and share for support :)

You are welcome!