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SENTENCE STRUCTURE IN TURKISH (TÜRKÇEDE CÜMLE YAPISI)

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Study the word order in the following sentences

Özne nesne fiil
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1) Subject + object + verb (Özne + nesne + fiil)

a) Positive (olumlu)

                       Kadın                 su           içiyor
                      The woman     water       is drinking.


b) Question (soru) 

                     Kadın                   ne                      içiyor?
                 The woman          what                  is drinking?                                 

                    Kim                        su                         içiyor? 
                    Who                    water                    is drinking? 

                    Kadın                  su mu                     içiyor? 
                 The woman          water                     is drinking?

 
c) Negative (olumsuz) 

                    Kadın                    kahve                     içmiyor? 
                   The woman          coffee                     isn’t drinking?

 

2) Subject + adjective + be (Özne + sıfat + olmak)

a) Positive (olumlu)

                             Kadın                    güzeldir
                        The woman              beautiful is.

b) Question (soru) 

                             Kadın                nasıldır?
                         The woman         how is?

                            Kim                     güzeldir?
                           Who                     beautiful is

                            Kadın                  güzel midir?             
                        The woman            beautiful is? 

c) Negative (olumsuz) 

                           Kadın             çirkin               değildir.
                       The woman        ugly                not is?  

 

3) Noun-’s + noun + adjective + be (İsim-ın + isim + sıfat + olmak)

a) Positive (olumlu)

                          Kadının                  saçı             uzundur.
                     The woman’s             hair               long is. 

b) Question (soru) 

                         Kadının                  saçı               nasıldır?
                      The woman’s           hair                how is? 

                         Kimin                    şaçı                 uzundur?
                         Whose                  hair                   long is?

                        Kadının                  saçı                 uzunmudur? 
                      The woman’s          hair                  long is? 

c) Negative (olumsuz) 

                       Kadının                  saçı             kısa              değildir.
                    The woman’s           hair             short              not is?

 

4) Adverb of place + subject + there is/there isn’t (Yer zarfı + özne + var/yok)

a) Positive (olumlu) 

                    Resimde             bir           kadın                  var.
               In the picture            a            woman             there is.

b) Question (soru)

                    Resimde                    ne                  var?
                  In the picture             what              is there? 

                    Resimde              bir               kadın                 var?
                  In the picture          a                 woman                is there? 

c) Negative (olumsuz) 

                   Resimde              bir           adam                yok.
                In the picture           a             man              there isn’t.

 
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