Onuncu soru zordu.

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Breakdown of Onuncu soru zordu.

• soru: the question
• onuncu: tenth

Questions & Answers about Onuncu soru zordu.

What does onuncu mean, and how is it formed?

Onuncu means tenth.

It is formed from on (ten) plus the ordinal suffix -(I)ncI, which makes ordinal numbers in Turkish:

• bir → birinci = first
• iki → ikinci = second
• on → onuncu = tenth

So onuncu soru means the tenth question.

Why is it onuncu, not something like oninci?

This is because of vowel harmony, a very important feature of Turkish.

The ordinal suffix changes shape to match the vowels in the word it attaches to. After on, the correct form is -uncu, giving onuncu.

You do not need to memorize a separate rule just for ten; it is part of the normal vowel-harmony pattern seen in ordinal numbers:

• altı → altıncı
• dokuz → dokuzuncu
• on → onuncu

Why does onuncu come before soru?