Tek bir oda kaldı.

the room

Breakdown of Tek bir oda kaldı.

• kalmak: to remain
• bir: one
• tek: single; only

Questions & Answers about Tek bir oda kaldı.

Why does the sentence use both tek and bir? Don’t they both mean one?

Yes, they are closely related, but they do different jobs here.

• bir = one / a
• tek = single / only / sole

So tek bir oda does not just mean one room. It adds emphasis:

• bir oda = a room / one room
• tek bir oda = only one room / a single room

Using both together is very common in Turkish when you want to stress that there is just one.

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What exactly does tek mean in this sentence?

Here, tek means only, single, or sole.

It emphasizes that the number is limited to one. So tek bir oda strongly highlights that there is no second room available.

You can think of it as:

• tek kişi = a single person / only one person
• tek yol = the only way
• tek bir oda = only one room

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