[Originally posted on 05/14/15 on the Duolingo Turkish for English speakers forum by AlexinNotTurkey]
Possessive Determiners (my, your, his, her, its, our, and their) are represented by a set of suffixes, all of which follow 4-way vowel harmony, where applicable. These suffixes are as follows:
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Person | -(I)m | -(I)mIz |
| 2nd Person | -(I)n | -(I)nIz |
| 3rd Person | -(s)I | -(s)I / -lArI |
Some of the suffixes have buffer vowels (or in the case of the 3rd person, a buffer consonant). These means that the suffixes gain the buffer vowel when the root ends in consonant and do not have it when the root ends in a vowel. For the 3rd person suffix, the buffer s will be added when the root ends in a vowel and will be omitted when it ends in a consonant. This may seem a little confusing, but it is extremely simple with practice. The same consonant harmony that we talked about in the accusative skill will occur with the possessive suffixes as well Now let’s see these in real use. This chart will give an example of a word that ends in a vowel:
| Turkish | English |
|---|---|
| (Benim) kedim | My cat |
| (Senin) kedin | Your cat |
| (Onun) kedisi | His/Her/Its cat |
| (Bizim) kedimiz | Our cat |
| (Sizin) kediniz | Your cat |
| (Onların) kedisi | Their cat |
This chart gives an example of a word that ends in a consonant:
| Turkish | English |
|---|---|
| (Benim) aslanım | My lion |
| (Senin) aslanın | Your lion |
| (Onun) aslanı | His/Her/Its lion |
| (Bizim) aslanımız | Our lion |
| (Sizin) aslanınız | Your lion |
| (Onların) aslanı | Their lion |
[Updated by Danika_Dakika starting 03/01/22]
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