Questions & Answers about Bu araba kimin?
Why is it kimin instead of just kim?
Kim means "who". By adding the genitive case ending -in (which shows possession, similar to adding "'s" in English), it becomes kimin, meaning "whose".
Why is the word order Bu araba kimin instead of putting the question word first?
In Turkish, the subject usually comes first. Bu araba (This car) is the subject. The question word kimin (whose) acts as the predicate and goes at the end. You can think of the literal word order as "This car is whose?".
Where is the word for "is" in this sentence?
Turkish doesn't have a separate word for "is", "am", or "are". It is naturally understood from the sentence structure. You could optionally add the "is" suffix -dir to the end to make it kimindir, but in everyday speech it is usually left off.
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