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Yoğurt ve meyveleri bir arada yemeyi seviyorum.

Yoğurt ve meyveleri bir arada yemeyi seviyorum.
I love eating yogurt together with fruit.
FromLesson 47inHardcore Turkish
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Breakdown of Yoğurt ve meyveleri bir arada yemeyi seviyorum.

sevmek
to love
yemek
to eat
ve
and
meyve
the fruit
yoğurt
the yogurt
bir arada
together

Questions & Answers about Yoğurt ve meyveleri bir arada yemeyi seviyorum.

Why is yemeyi used here instead of the plain infinitive yemek?
In Turkish, when you want to treat a verb as a noun (“eating”) and use it as the object of another verb (here, sevmek), you add the infinitive suffix -mek/-mak and then the accusative case ending -i. So yemek (to eat) becomes yemeyi (the act of eating), which seviyorum (“I like”) can directly take as its object.
What does the suffix -leri and then -i in meyveleri mean, and why is there no suffix on yoğurt?

-ler is the plural marker, so meyveler = “fruits.” When a direct object is definite or specific, Turkish adds the accusative suffix -i (subject to vowel harmony and consonant assimilation). Thus meyveler + -i → meyveleri (“the fruits”).
Yoğurt here is a general, indefinite mass noun (“yogurt” as a substance), so it doesn’t take the accusative case ending.

Could we say meyveyi, meyveler, or meyve instead of meyveleri?

Yes, you have options depending on meaning:

  • meyveyi (singular + accusative) = “the fruit” or “fruit” in a collective, definite sense.
  • meyveler (plural without accusative) = “fruits” in an indefinite/general sense (no emphasis on a specific set).
  • meyveleri (plural + accusative) = “the fruits” (a specific, known group of fruits).
    Native speakers choose based on whether they mean a general idea of fruit vs. particular fruits.
What is bir arada, and why is it written as two words?
Bir means “one/a,” and arada means “in-between” or “among.” Together bir arada functions as an adverbial phrase meaning “together” or “at the same time/place.” It stays two separate words because bir is a numeral/determiner and arada is the noun/adverb.
Why does the verb seviyorum come at the end of the sentence?

Turkish is generally a Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) language. Even though English likes Subject-Verb-Object (SVO), in Turkish the main verb typically closes the sentence. Here the structure is:
Subject (yoğurt ve meyveleri) + Adverbial (bir arada) + Object-Nominal (yemeyi) + Verb (seviyorum).

Can we replace ve with ile in yoğurt ve meyveleri?
Yes. Ve is the simple conjunction “and,” while ile also means “and/with.” You could say yoğurt ile meyveleri and it would mean the same, though ile can feel slightly more formal or literary than ve.

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