Onun kırmızı ceketi kapının yanında asılı.

His red jacket is hanging next to the door.

Breakdown of Onun kırmızı ceketi kapının yanında asılı.

• olmak: to be
• kırmızı: red
• kapı: the door
• ceket: the jacket

Questions & Answers about Onun kırmızı ceketi kapının yanında asılı.

Why does the sentence start with onun?

Onun means his, her, or its.

It is the genitive form of o (he / she / it). In this sentence, it shows who the jacket belongs to:

• o = he / she / it
• onun = his / her / its

So onun kırmızı ceketi means his/her red jacket.

Turkish does not distinguish his and her in this word, so you understand it from context.

Why is it ceketi and not just ceket?

Because the noun being possessed gets a possessive suffix.

Here, ceketi means his/her jacket or its jacket.

Breakdown:

• ceket = jacket
• ceketi = his/her/its jacket

This is a very important Turkish pattern. When you say who owns something, Turkish usually marks that ownership on the noun itself.

So:

• onun ceketi = his/her jacket
• not just onun ceket

Why are both onun and -i used? Doesn’t that repeat the same idea?