Word
Onlarınki güzel bir hediye ama bizimki daha özel.
Meaning
Theirs is a beautiful gift, but ours is more special.
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Breakdown of Onlarınki güzel bir hediye ama bizimki daha özel.
bir
a / an
güzel
beautiful / nice / good
hediye
gift
daha
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Questions & Answers about Onlarınki güzel bir hediye ama bizimki daha özel.
What does the -ki suffix do in onlarınki and bizimki?
It turns a possessive word into a pronoun, exactly like turning 'their' into 'theirs' or 'our' into 'ours' in English. By attaching -ki to the genitive forms onların (their) and bizim (our), you create onlarınki and bizimki. This lets you avoid repeating the word hediye (gift).
Why does bizimki use an -im ending before the -ki, while onlarınki uses -ın?
The pronouns ben (I) and biz (we) have irregular genitive (possessive) forms. Instead of taking the usual -in suffix, they take -im, becoming benim and bizim. The -ki suffix simply attaches to whatever the genitive form already is.
If bizimki means 'ours', why isn't it pluralized as bizimkiler?
Any plural suffix added after -ki matches the number of the object being owned, not the number of owners. Since the sentence compares single gifts, it remains singular: bizimki (our gift). If they were comparing multiple gifts, it would be bizimkiler (our gifts).
Why is the word order güzel bir hediye instead of bir güzel hediye?