Şarj kablosu kısa; masadan yatağa yetişmiyor.

The charging cable is short; it doesn’t reach from the table to the bed.

Breakdown of Şarj kablosu kısa; masadan yatağa yetişmiyor.

• olmak: to be
• masa: the table
• kısa: short
• -a: to

Questions & Answers about Şarj kablosu kısa; masadan yatağa yetişmiyor.

In şarj kablosu, what does the ending -su do? Is this possession?

It’s the 3rd person possessive marker used to form an indefinite noun compound: şarj + kablo-su = “charging cable.” This is the normal way to say “X cable” in Turkish; it doesn’t imply real ownership. You can’t say şarj kablo. If you specify a possessor, you add genitive to it: telefonun şarj kablosu (“the phone’s charging cable”). Case or plural markers go on the second noun: şarj kabloları, şarj kablosuna, etc.

Why is there no “to be” after kısa? Should it be kısadır?

Turkish has a zero copula in the 3rd person for predicate adjectives and nouns. Şarj kablosu kısa is complete. Kısadır is also correct but more formal, emphatic, or gnomic (stating a general fact).

What do the endings in masadan and yatağa mean?

• -DAn (ablative) = “from”: masa-dan = “from the table”
• -(y)A (dative) = “to/toward”: yatak-a = “to the bed” “From X to Y” is typically expressed as X-Dan Y-A.

Why is it masadan, not masaden or masatan?