Learn Hardcore Turkish: Toplantı notu masada duruyor.

In Turkish noun–noun compounds, the first noun stays in its bare form. You don’t add -ın/-in/-un/-ün on toplantı. The possessive/relationship is shown by adding a suffix on the second noun (notu), not the first.

Why does notu end in -u?

-u here is the 3rd-person singular possessive suffix. In a compound like toplantı notu (“meeting note”), not is the head noun and takes -u to mean “its note.” It literally equates to “the meeting’s note.”

Could I say toplantının notu instead?

Yes. toplantının notu is the explicit genitive + possessive construction (“of the meeting’s note”). It’s more formal or emphatic. But native speakers often use the shorter compound toplantı notu in everyday speech.

What case is masada, and what does -da mean?

-da is the locative case suffix, meaning “at/on/in.” So masada = “on the table” (or “at the table”). Vowel harmony applies: masa + da → masada.

Why is the verb duruyor used here instead of something like var or ?