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Lesson 120: The pronominalizing suffix -ki
The pronominalizing -ki is usually used for talking about things in relation to each other. In this form, -ki is attached to a genetive case suffix. For example, benimki means mine and arabanınki means the car's.
Remember that -ki does not behave according to vowel harmony.
| My grandfather is alive, (how about) yours? | Benim dedem yaşıyor, seninki? |
If suffixes follow -ki, they are preceded by a buffer letter n.
| You're taller than me. | Sizin boyunuz benimkinden daha uzun. |
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Your car is red, Kamil's is pink. | Senin araban kırmızı, Kamil'inki pembe. |
| heightHUMAN | boy |
| You're taller than me. [Lit.] Your height is taller than mine. | Sizin boyunuz benimkinden daha uzun. |
| workplace | iş yeri |
| desk | masa |
| The work place's desks are very wide, the school's are pretty narrow. | İş yerinin masaları çok geniş, okulunkiler oldukça dar. |
| Her profession is easier than ours. | Onun mesleği bizimkinden daha kolay. |
| success, achievement | başarı |
| unsuccessful | başarısız |
| plotLITERARY | kurgu |
| That book's plot was unsuccessful, the film's was nice though. | O kitabın kurgusu başarısızdı, filminki güzeldi ama. |
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