Annem bugün bana dargın değil, sadece biraz üzgün.

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Breakdown of Annem bugün bana dargın değil, sadece biraz üzgün.

• bugün: today
• benim: my
• değil: not

Questions & Answers about Annem bugün bana dargın değil, sadece biraz üzgün.

Why is it annem and not anne?

Annem means my mother.

It is built from:

• anne = mother
• -m = my

So:

• anne = mother
• annem = my mother

This -m is a possessive ending. Turkish often attaches possession directly to the noun instead of using a separate word like my.

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Why do we say bana and not beni here?

Because dargın olmak takes the person with the dative form, not the direct object form.

• ben = I
• bana = to me
• beni = me

In Turkish, birine dargın olmak means to be offended with someone / to be on bad terms with someone.

So:

• bana dargın = offended with me / upset with me

You would not normally say beni dargın here, because dargın does not take a direct object.

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What exactly does dargın mean?