Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?
Би гэртээ байна.
I am at my home.
Ном ширээн дээр байна.
The book is on the table.
Тэр хаана байна вэ?
Where is he/she?
Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?
Use байна/байдаг for existence and location. The reflexive possessive -аа/-оо/-ээ/-өө attaches to dative for 'at one's own'.
Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises
Practice ExercisesOmitting reflexive possessive suffix -аа/-ээ with 'one's own' location
Placing postposition before noun instead of after
Би гэртээ байна.
I am at my home.
гэрт + -ээ (reflexive possessive) = гэртээ (at my/one's own home).
Ном ширээн дээр байна.
The book is on the table.
дээр (postposition: on/above) + байна (is/exists) marks location.
Тэр хаана байна вэ?
Where is he/she?
хаана (where) + байна вэ? = standard question for location.
Practice in course
Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises