Üst kattaki oda daha aydınlık görünüyor.

the room

Breakdown of Üst kattaki oda daha aydınlık görünüyor.

• görünmek: to look
• daha: more
• kat: the floor

Questions & Answers about Üst kattaki oda daha aydınlık görünüyor.

What does üst kattaki mean exactly?

Üst kattaki means the one on the upper floor / upstairs.

It breaks down like this:

• üst = upper, top
• kat = floor, storey
• katta = on the floor / on that storey
  
  • this is kat
    • the locative ending -da/-de/-ta/-te
• -ki = a suffix that turns a location phrase into something like the one that is in/on...

So:

• üst katta = on the upper floor
• üst kattaki oda = the room that is on the upper floor

In natural English, you would usually just say the upstairs room or the room on the upper floor.

Why does oda come after üst kattaki?

Because in Turkish, modifiers normally come before the noun they describe.

So:

• üst kattaki oda = the room on the upper floor
• literally: upper floor-on-the room

This is very normal Turkish word order. The descriptive part comes first, and the noun being described comes last.

Compare:

• büyük ev = big house
• bahçedeki çocuk = the child in the garden
• üst kattaki oda = the room upstairs

What is the function of -ki here?