Otelde seksen oda var.

Otelde means in the hotel or at the hotel.

It is made from:

• otel = hotel
• -de = a suffix meaning in / at / on

So:

• otel = hotel
• otelde = in the hotel

Turkish usually adds location meaning directly to the noun with a suffix, instead of using a separate word like in.

This is because of vowel harmony.

The locative suffix has two main forms:

• -de
• -da

Which one you use depends on the vowels in the word.

Since otel has the vowel e in its last syllable, it takes -de:

• otel + de = otelde

Compare:

• evde = in the house
• okulda = in the school

So otelde is the correct vowel-harmonic form.

Seksen means eighty.

Some useful nearby numbers:

• yetmiş = seventy
• seksen = eighty
• doksan = ninety

So seksen oda means eighty rooms.

In Turkish, when a noun comes after a number, the noun usually stays singular.

So:

• bir oda = one room
• iki oda = two rooms
• seksen oda = eighty rooms

Even though English uses the plural rooms, Turkish normally uses the singular form oda after numbers.

Using seksen odalar would sound unnatural in standard Turkish.

Var means something like there is / there are / exists / available.

In this sentence, var tells you that the hotel has those rooms, literally in the sense that eighty rooms exist in the hotel.

So:

• Otelde seksen oda var. = There are eighty rooms in the hotel.

A very common pair in Turkish is:

• var = there is / there are
• yok = there is not / there are not

For example:

• Otelde seksen oda var. = There are eighty rooms in the hotel.
• Otelde yüzme havuzu yok. = There is no swimming pool in the hotel.

Because Turkish expresses this idea differently.

English says:

• There are eighty rooms in the hotel.

Turkish does not need a separate dummy subject like there. Instead, it simply says:

• location + thing + var

So the structure is roughly:

• Otelde = in the hotel
• seksen oda = eighty rooms
• var = exist / there are

This is a very normal Turkish pattern.

Turkish word order is often different from English. In a sentence like this, Turkish commonly puts the important verb-like element at the end.

So:

• Otelde = in the hotel
• seksen oda = eighty rooms
• var = there are / exist

This gives:

• Otelde seksen oda var.

A natural English translation is:

• There are eighty rooms in the hotel.

Turkish often prefers the pattern:

• place + thing + var/yok

This is a very common learner question. Var behaves a bit differently from ordinary verbs.

It is often treated as an existential word, meaning there is / there are. It does not conjugate like a normal verb such as gelmek or gitmek.

For example:

• Su var. = There is water.
• Su yok. = There is no water.

When you want different tenses, Turkish often uses other structures around it:

• Su vardı. = There was water.
• Su yoktu. = There was no water.

So for learners, it is easiest to understand var as the standard Turkish way to say there is / there are.

Turkish does not have articles like English a/an/the.

That means:

• otel can mean a hotel, the hotel, or just hotel
• oda can mean a room, the room, or just room

The exact meaning depends on context.

In this sentence, otelde is most naturally understood as in the hotel because the meaning is specific from context, and seksen oda means eighty rooms.

A simple pronunciation guide:

• Otelde ≈ oh-TEL-deh
• seksen ≈ SEK-sen
• oda ≈ oh-DAH
• var ≈ vahr

A few helpful notes:

• Turkish vowels are usually pronounced clearly and consistently.
• e is usually like e in bet
• o is like o in more, but shorter and cleaner
• a is like a in father
• r is lightly rolled or tapped, especially for many speakers

Stress here is fairly natural as:

• oTELde
• SEKsen
• oDA
• VAR

Yes, you could.

• Otelde seksen oda var. = There are eighty rooms in the hotel.
• Otelde seksen tane oda var. = There are eighty rooms in the hotel.

Here, tane is a counting word, somewhat like units or pieces, but in everyday Turkish it often just adds clarity or emphasis with numbers.

Both are correct, but seksen oda is already perfectly natural.

Yes. Even though the Turkish structure is literally closer to There are eighty rooms in the hotel, a very natural English translation is:

• The hotel has eighty rooms.

Turkish often expresses possession or availability through location + var rather than using a direct equivalent of English have in the same way.

So depending on context, both English translations work:

• There are eighty rooms in the hotel.
• The hotel has eighty rooms.

You replace var with yok.

So:

• Otelde seksen oda var. = There are eighty rooms in the hotel.
• Otelde seksen oda yok. = There aren’t eighty rooms in the hotel. / The hotel doesn’t have eighty rooms.

More examples:

• Otelde restoran var. = There is a restaurant in the hotel.
• Otelde restoran yok. = There is no restaurant in the hotel.

So var / yok is a very important pair to learn early.