Dokuzuncu soru zordu.

difficult

Breakdown of Dokuzuncu soru zordu.

• soru: the question
• dokuzuncu: ninth

Questions & Answers about Dokuzuncu soru zordu.

What does dokuzuncu mean, and how is it formed?

Dokuzuncu is the ordinal form of dokuz (nine), so it means ninth.

Turkish usually forms ordinals with the suffix -(I)ncI, which changes according to vowel harmony.
So:

• dokuz = nine
• dokuzuncu = ninth

A few other examples:

• bir → birinci = first
• iki → ikinci = second
• üç → üçüncü = third

So in this sentence, dokuzuncu soru means the ninth question.

Why does dokuzuncu come before soru?

Because in Turkish, adjectives and ordinal numbers normally come before the noun they describe.

So:

• dokuzuncu soru = ninth question
• zor soru = difficult question

This is the normal word order. Turkish does not put the adjective after the noun the way some other languages do.

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