Yeni binanın tuğlalı cephesi beton temelin üstünde sağlam duruyor.

The new building’s brick facade stands firmly on the concrete foundation.

Breakdown of Yeni binanın tuğlalı cephesi beton temelin üstünde sağlam duruyor.

• yeni: new
• bina: the building
• temel: the foundation
• durmak: to stand
• cephe: the facade
• beton: the concrete
• sağlam: firmly

Questions & Answers about Yeni binanın tuğlalı cephesi beton temelin üstünde sağlam duruyor.

What does binanın mean, and what role does -nın play here?

binanın = “of the building” or “building’s.”

• bina = “building”
• -nın (here vowel‐harmonized to -in) is the genitive (possessive) suffix, marking that the building owns something.
  So Yeni binanın = “the new building’s…”

Why is tuğlalı used instead of just tuğla? What does the -lı suffix do?

The suffix -lı (variant -li/-lu/-lü) turns a noun into an adjective meaning “with [that noun].”

• tuğla = “brick”
• tuğla
  • -lı = tuğlalı = “with brick,” i.e. “brick-faced.”

What is cephesi, and why does it end in -si?

• cephe = “façade” or “front”
• -si = 3rd person singular possessive (“its façade”)
  Because bina has already taken the genitive (binanın), the possessed noun (cephe) must also take a possessive suffix:
  “the building’s façade” = binanın cephesi.

What case is temelin in, and how is it formed?

temel = “foundation”
-in = genitive suffix (from -ın/-in/-un/-ün)
temel + -in = temelin = “of the foundation.”

What does üstünde mean, and how is it built up?

üstünde = “on top of it” (referring back to the genitive noun). It consists of:

1. üst = “top”
2. -ü = 3rd person singular possessive (“its top”)
3. -nde = locative case (“at/on/in”)
   So üst
   • -ü
     • -nde = üstünde = “on its top.”

How do you express “on top of X” in Turkish, and why the genitive+possessive+locative construction?

To say “on top of X”:

1. Put X into the genitive: X
   • -ın/-in/-un/-ün
2. Follow with üstünde (positional noun + possessive + locative).
   Pattern:
   • X-in (genitive of X)
   • üst-ü-nde (“its top” + locative)
   Example: temel → temel-in
   • üst-ü-nde = temelin üstünde (“on top of the foundation”).

What does sağlam duruyor mean? Is that a fixed phrase?

• sağlam = “solid,” “firm”
• duruyor = “is standing” (present continuous of durmak, “to stand”)
  Together, sağlam duruyor = “stands firmly/solidly.” It’s a common collocation for something that is structurally sound.

Why is duruyor (present continuous) used instead of durur (simple present)?

In Turkish, the present‐continuous tense (-yor) often describes a current, ongoing state, even if it’s static. duruyor (“is standing”) feels more immediate and concrete. durur would sound more general or habitual (“it generally stands”).

What’s the overall word order here, especially for beton temelin üstünde?

Turkish follows Subject-Object-Verb (SOV), with modifiers before what they modify and adverbial/location phrases before the verb.
Structure:

1. Yeni binanın tuğlalı cephesi (Subject with genitive + adjective + possessive)
2. beton temelin üstünde (location phrase “on the concrete foundation”)
3. sağlam duruyor (verb phrase)
   So the locative beton temelin üstünde naturally appears between subject and verb.