Breakdown of Benim oğlumla senin kızın yaştaş.
kız
girl
ben
I
sen
you
ile
with / by / and (linking nouns)
oğul
son
yaştaş
peer / of the same age
Questions & Answers about Benim oğlumla senin kızın yaştaş.
How does the suffix -taş work in the word yaştaş?
The suffix -DAş indicates sharing something or having a common bond. Here, it is attached to yaş (age), so yaştaş literally means "sharing an age" or "being of the same age". It uses the exact same logic as vatandaş (sharing a vatan/homeland).
Why is it spelled yaştaş instead of yaşdaş?
This is due to consonant assimilation. Because the root yaş ends in a voiceless consonant (ş), the d in the -DAş suffix must harden into its voiceless counterpart, t.
Why use -la in oğlumla instead of just saying "Benim oğlum ve senin kızın"?
While ve (and) is grammatically correct, using the suffix -(y)lA (with) is much more natural and common in Turkish when pairing two closely related subjects. Benim oğlumla senin kızın translates smoothly as "My son and your daughter".
What happened to the root word oğul (son) to make it oğlumla?
The word oğul undergoes vowel dropping (ünlü düşmesi). When adding a suffix that starts with a vowel, like the first-person possessive -um (my), the second vowel of the root drops, turning it into oğlum. Then the conjunction suffix -la is added.
Since the subject is plural (two children), why doesn't the sentence end with yaştaşlar?
In Turkish, when a compound subject explicitly shows that there is more than one person or thing, adding the plural suffix -lAr to the predicate is optional. Saying just yaştaş sounds perfectly natural and avoids unnecessary repetition.
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