Komodindeki gözlüğümü bulamayınca biraz panik oldum.

to be

Breakdown of Komodindeki gözlüğümü bulamayınca biraz panik oldum.

• benim: my
• biraz: a little
• gözlük: the glasses

Questions & Answers about Komodindeki gözlüğümü bulamayınca biraz panik oldum.

Can you break the sentence down word by word?

Yes:

• komodindeki = the one on/in/at the nightstand/dresser
• gözlüğümü = my glasses / my pair of glasses (as the definite object)
• bulamayınca = when I couldn’t find
• biraz = a little / a bit
• panik oldum = I panicked / literally I became panicked

So the structure is basically:

Komodindeki gözlüğümü bulamayınca
When I couldn’t find my glasses on the nightstand,

biraz panik oldum.
I panicked a bit.

What does komodindeki mean, and how is it formed?

Komodindeki is built like this:

• komodin = nightstand / bedside table / dresser
• komodinde = on/in/at the nightstand
  (the ending -de is the locative suffix)
• komodindeki = the one that is on/in/at the nightstand
  (the ending -ki turns that location phrase into something that can describe a noun)

So:

• komodindeki gözlük = the glasses on the nightstand

This -ki structure is very common in Turkish:

• masadaki kitap = the book on the table
• çantadaki anahtar = the key in the bag
• evdeki insanlar = the people at home

Why does komodinde become komodindeki? What does -ki do?