Şu cümleyi Türkçe olarak yazmak istiyorum: "Ahmet and his family live on a farm where they raise animals and grow vegetables." "Ahmet ve ailesi hayvanlar besleyip sebzeler yetiştirdikleri bir çiftlikte yaşıyorlar." bu doğru mu?
Merhaba, Cümlen doğru. Sadece bir şey hatırlatmak istiyorum: Ahmet ve ailesi havyan besleyip sebze yetiştirdikleri bir çiftlikte yaşıyorlar. Bu iki isim bu cümlede "topluluk adı/collective nouns" oldukları için çoğul kullanmaya gerek yok. Revontuli
Hi, "Ahmet and his family live on a farm where they raise animals and grow vegetables" why not "in a farm"? if you say "on a farm" donot you say something above a farm something? Thanks
Good question. I think that we say "on a farm" and not "in a farm" because we are talking about a kind of housing that is pretty open (There are lots of open spaces on a farm, so we say "on" rather than "in"). We do however say "He lives in an apartment," because an apartment is an enclosed space. So, let me try to summarize: live in - we say this with: - closed living spaces ["he lives in a big house"] - cities ["he lives in Mexico City"] - states ["he lives in Virginia"] - countries ["he lives in Russia"] - continents ["he lives in Europe"] - ecological zones [ "he lives in the desert / the woods / the mountains"]* *one exception to ecological zones is water. Words such as lake, river or sea will take the word "on": "he lives on a lake." This does not mean that he lives "on top" of the water, but rather that he lives very near to it. live on - we say this with: - open living spaces ["he lives on a farm / a military base"] - streets ["he lives on Third Street / Lexington Avenue / Highway 90"] live at - we say this only if there is a possessive or modifying noun in front of the type of housing ["he lives at ... his uncle's place / a homeless shelter"] I hope this helps you. Let me know if you have any further questions.
Thanks here it says "in" for the streets,is it britain/american english difference? "http://www.world-english.org/prepositions.htm" in + streets, roads, avenues: Moniuszki, Fish Street etc.. e.g. in Stratford Avenue.
The general rules are basically as described by Vatrahos. English is a language with many variations from rules. Turkish '-de'/'-da' is translated to English as a preposition of place: in - used when the thing surrounds or encloses on - used for the thing is a surface at - used for a particular point Variations in use can occur depending on perspective. So, consider that a street can be something that surrounds you or a surface on the earth, for example. a general street name I live in Main street. I live on Main street. I live at Main street. a particular point in/on the street I live in 24 Main street I live on 24 Main street. I live at 24 Main street. I guess we never feel enclosed by a farm
