Yağmur damlası camda duruyor.

the glass

Breakdown of Yağmur damlası camda duruyor.

• -da: on
• durmak: to stand
• yağmur damlası: the raindrop

Questions & Answers about Yağmur damlası camda duruyor.

Why is there no equivalent of “the” or “a” in Yağmur damlası camda duruyor?

Turkish does not use articles like “a” or “the.” Nouns appear without any article, and context tells you if something is definite or indefinite. If you really need to specify “a raindrop,” you could add bir (one): Bir yağmur damlası camda duruyor, but it’s not required.

What does the suffix -sı on damlası do?

That -sı is the 3rd-person singular possessive suffix. It turns damla (drop) into damlası, literally “its drop.” Combined with yağmur (rain), yağmur damlası means “the drop of rain,” i.e. “raindrop.”

Why doesn’t yağmur have a genitive ending like -un (yağmurun)?

In Turkish compounds, you often drop the explicit genitive on the modifier and keep only the possessive on the head. So instead of yağmurun damlası, most speakers simply say yağmur damlası. Both are grammatically possible, but the shorter form is more idiomatic.

What case is camda and what does it mean?

Camda is the locative case of cam (glass, windowpane). The suffix -da means “on” or “at.” So camda = “on the glass.”