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Test Your Turkish;
Possession

1) Match the possessive adjectives with the English equivalent.

2) Translate the following sentences from English to Turkish using the vocabulary below.

hand - el
house - ev
mother - anne
father - baba
cat - kedi
eye - göz
book - kitap
dictionary - sözlük

example - my hand - benim elim

a) my cat
b) your eye (singular/familiar)
c) his father
d) their book
e) my dictionary
f) your house (plural/polite)

3) Using the same vocabulary, translate the following sentences from Turkish to English.

example - senin annen - your mother

a) onun eli
b) bizim sözlügümüz
c) onların evleri
d) sizin kediniz
e) benim babam
f) senin kitabın

4) Spot which of these sentences are correct and which are wrong.

a) sizin babanz
b) bizim gözleri
c) onun evin
d) onların anneleri
e) benim elim
f) senin kitabınız

Answers!

1) onların = their, bizim = our, sizin = your (plural/polite), benim = my, onun = his/her/its, senin = your (singular/familiar)

2) a) benim kedim, b) senin gözün, c) onun babası, d) kitapları, e) sözlügüm, f) eviniz

3) a) his hand, b) our dictionary, c) their house, d) your cat, e) my father, f) your book

4) a) correct, b) wrong, c) wrong, d) correct, e) correct, f) wrong