Word
Otobüsün şoförü nerede?
Meaning
Where is the driver of the bus?
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Otobüsün şoförü nerede?
How does the 'driver of the bus' compound work in this sentence?
This is a definite noun compound. In Turkish, you add a genitive (owner) suffix to the first word and a possessive (owned) suffix to the second word. So otobüs (bus) gets the -ün suffix to mean 'the bus's', and şoför (driver) gets the -ü suffix to mean 'its driver'. Together, otobüsün şoförü means 'the driver of the bus' (literally: the bus's its-driver).
Why is the suffix -ün on otobüs but only -ü on şoför?
The genitive (owner) suffix is -ın / -in / -un / -ün when added to a word ending in a consonant, so otobüs takes -ün. The 3rd person possessive (owned) suffix is just a single vowel (-ı / -i / -u / -ü) after a consonant, so şoför simply takes -ü.
Why do both of those suffixes happen to use the letter ü?