Pazarda toplam beş elma var.

to be

Breakdown of Pazarda toplam beş elma var.

• beş: five
• -de: in
• pazar: the market

Questions & Answers about Pazarda toplam beş elma var.

What does Pazarda mean, and how is it formed?

Pazarda breaks down into two parts:

• pazar = “market”
• -da = the locative case suffix meaning “in/at/on”

Together, Pazarda means “in the market” or “at the market.”

Why is there no apostrophe between pazar and -da?

In Turkish, you only use an apostrophe before suffixes when attaching them to proper nouns (like İstanbul’da). Since pazar is a common noun, its locative suffix -da is attached directly without an apostrophe.

How does the locative suffix -da change according to vowel and consonant harmony?