Çantadaki anahtar benim.

The key in the bag is mine.

Breakdown of Çantadaki anahtar benim.

• olmak: to be
• anahtar: the key
• çanta: the bag
• benim: mine

Questions & Answers about Çantadaki anahtar benim.

How is çantadaki built?

Çantadaki can be broken down like this:

• çanta = bag
• -da = in / at / on
  → çantada = in the bag
• -ki = a suffix that turns that location phrase into something like the one in... or the ... that is in...

So:

• çantada = in the bag
• çantadaki = the one in the bag / the thing that is in the bag

In this sentence, çantadaki describes anahtar, so çantadaki anahtar means the key in the bag.

What exactly does -ki do here?

Here, -ki turns a phrase into an adjective-like modifier.

Without -ki:

• çantada anahtar would just suggest something like a key is in the bag in a looser sense.

With -ki:

• çantadaki anahtar = the key that is in the bag

So -ki is very useful when Turkish wants to say things like:

• masadaki kitap = the book on the table
• odadaki insan = the person in the room
• çantadaki anahtar = the key in the bag

It works a bit like English that is in/on/at...

Why does the sentence end with benim? Doesn't that usually mean my?