Breakdown of Körfez kenarındaki rıhtımda sabah koşusu yapmayı seviyorum.
sevmek
to love
yapmak
to do
sabah
the morning
koşu
the run
Questions & Answers about Körfez kenarındaki rıhtımda sabah koşusu yapmayı seviyorum.
What does -daki in kenarındaki indicate?
Kenarı is its edge, from kenar + -ı (3rd-person possessive). Adding -da (locative case: at/on/in) gives kenarında (at its edge). Attaching -ki (relative pronoun: which) yields kenarındaki (which is at its edge).
So Körfez kenarındaki rıhtım = the dock which is at the edge of the gulf.
Why is -da used in rıhtımda?
-da is the locative case suffix, marking in/at/on. Because rıhtım ends in a voiced consonant (m), the suffix stays voiced and harmonizes its vowel to back a: rıhtımda = on the dock.
Why does koşu carry a possessive suffix in sabah koşusu, while sabah has none?
Turkish genitive–possessive compounds normally follow:
• [possessor] + -nin/ nın/ nun/ nün (genitive)
• [possessed] + -si/sı/su/sü (3rd-person possessive)
In time-expression compounds like sabah (morning), the genitive on the first noun is often dropped but the second noun keeps its possessive:
• full form: sabahın koşusu = the morning’s run
• common compound: sabah koşusu = morning run
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