Questions & Answers about Bilgisayarları şurada.
Wait, doesn't -lar make words plural? How do we know this means "their computer" and not "computers"?
The suffix -ları is the possessive ending for "their" in this lesson. It looks exactly like the plural suffix -lar followed by the "his/her" suffix -ı. Because of this overlap, bilgisayarları can actually mean "their computer", "their computers", or "his/her computers"! You usually have to rely on context to know which one is meant. Here, it is translated as "their computer".
Where is the word for "their" in this sentence?
In Turkish, you don't always need to say the pronoun onların (their) because the suffix -ları on bilgisayarları already tells us whose computer it is. You would only add Onların at the beginning if you wanted to strongly emphasize that it is THEIR computer, not someone else's.
How does şurada translate to "over there"?
It is built from şu (that) and ara (place/space), which combine into şura (that place). Then, the locative case suffix -da (in/at/on) is added. So şurada literally means "at that place", which we naturally say as "over there" in English.
Why is there no word for "is" in this sentence?
In Turkish, simple location sentences in the present tense often don't need a verb for "is" or "are". Just stating the object (bilgisayarları) and its location (şurada) is completely enough to mean "Their computer is over there."
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