çocuğum

çocuğum

"My child"

In this sentence, 'çocuğum' is used to indicate possession, meaning 'my child.' The possessive suffix '-um' shows the connection to the speaker.

Benim çocuğum çok sevimli.

My child is very cute.

Here, 'çocuğum' refers to oneself being a child in the past, meaning 'I was a child.' It uses the '-im' suffix for the copula 'I am,' aligned with past tense context.

Ben de bir zamanlar çocuğum.

I was a child once too.

In this phrase, 'çocuğum' is used as a direct reference within reported speech, denoting an individual referred to by another as 'my child.'

Çocuğum dediği kişi benmişim.

The person they meant by 'my child' was me.