Telefonunuzun

Telefonunuzun is a Turkish noun phrase that means “your phone’s” or “of your phone.” It is built from the base noun telefon (phone) plus the second-person possessive suffix -unuz, and, when used to modify another noun, a following genitive suffix -un. This combination allows speakers to express ownership of one noun by another.

In Turkish, telefon is a loanword from French telephonne/téléphone, adopted in the language in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The possessive suffix -unuz marks ownership by siz (you, formal or plural), yielding telefonunuz (your phone). The genitive suffix -un attaches to telefonunuz to form telefonunuzun when the phrase is in the "of your phone" or "your phone’s" position before another noun, as in telefonunuzun bataryası (your phone’s battery).

Usage of Telefonunuzun appears primarily in phrases that link ownership to a following noun. Examples include telefonunuzun durumu (the condition of your phone), telefonunuzun bataryası (your phone’s battery), and telefonunuzun ekranı (your phone’s screen). The form can be used in both formal and informal contexts, depending on the surrounding sentence and the overall register of the discourse. When the possessor is clear from context, Turkish can also use telefonunuz without the genitive ending to indicate simply “your phone.”

See also: Turkish possessive suffixes, genitive construction in Turkish, and verbs of possession.