did you mean difference "Sende kedi var mı?" and " Kedin var mı?"

var it exists yok it doesn't exist it is absent ... kedi var there is (a) cat kedi yok there isn't (any) cat POSSESSIVE + Var/Yok to have (literally: one's thing exists/doesn't exist ... kedin var you have cat (literally: you have existence of a cat) sende kedi var you have possession of a cat (literally: a cat exists at you)

Tasneem, I'm not a native speaker of Turkish, but I guess my mother tongue German is close enough to English that I might understand where the confusion comes from. Also, I found a discussion duolingo itself about exactly these 2 example sentences from 5 years ago. So they keep confusing people. :) From my understanding, the locative case with "sende" expresses just what its name suggests: the location. Where's the cat again? Oh, "sende". Now, in German I could say both "Oh, it's with you" or "Oh, you have it". Even if I say "You have it", I don't express any form of possession. I just mean the cat is at your feet or in your arms or wherever near you. I believe this is what sende means, but depending on the language you translate it to, it can become "to have". I shout "Hey, where's my phone?" You answer: "I have it!" You don't own my phone, it's "at your location" only, so "bende". The "var"-sentences on the other hand seem to indicate possession. I know you have a cat, even if it's not around you at the moment. "Kedin var! Don't try to deny it!". This can be translated as "to have" again, yet the meaning is different. I have it (now, in my arms, but it doesn't necessarily belong to me) = locative case I have it (I own it, although it might not physically be here at the moment) = var At least that's how I worked that out for German. Maybe it makes sense for an English speaker, too.

"Bahçede ne var?" : "Bahçede ağaç var." "Ağaç nerede?" : "Ağaç bahçede(dir)" = "Bahçede(dir) ağaç" ... Ama "dir" kullanılmıyor: "bahçede ağaç" "Sende kedi ..." bu cümle eksik: "Sende kedi var mı?" "(Senin) kedin var.." bu cümle de eksik: "(Senin) kedin var mı?"

Hello Tasneem, VAR has two functions: 1. Existence: There is/are or There isn't/aren't Sokakta kedi var mı? (Are there any cats on the street? Sokakta bir kedi var. (There is a cat on the street) Sokakta kediler var. (There are cats on the street) Sokakta hiç kedi yok. (There aren't any cats on the street) Note that you can also form a negative question; Sokakta kedi yok mu? (Aren't there any cats on the street?) 2. Possession: Senin kedin var mı? (Do you have a cat?) Evet (kedim) var. (Yes, I do) Hayır (kedim) yok. (No, I don't)