Questions & Answers about Arkadaşım evde dinleniyor.
What does each word in Arkadaşım evde dinleniyor mean?
A simple breakdown is:
- arkadaşım = my friend
- evde = at home / in the house
- dinleniyor = is resting / is relaxing
So the whole sentence means something like My friend is resting at home.
Why does arkadaşım mean my friend?
The base word is arkadaş, which means friend.
The ending -ım is a possessive suffix meaning my.
So:
- arkadaş = friend
- arkadaşım = my friend
In Turkish, possession is often shown with a suffix on the noun instead of a separate word like my.
Because of vowel harmony, the possessive suffix can appear in different forms, such as -ım, -im, -um, -üm. Here it is -ım.
Why isn’t there a separate word for my, like benim?