Bitkiler oksijen üretiyor.

the plant

Breakdown of Bitkiler oksijen üretiyor.

• üretmek: to produce
• oksijen: the oxygen

Questions & Answers about Bitkiler oksijen üretiyor.

What does the suffix -ler in Bitkiler mean?

The suffix -ler is the plural marker in Turkish. Bitki means plant, so Bitkiler means plants.

Why isn’t there an article like a or the in Bitkiler oksijen üretiyor?

Turkish has no indefinite or definite articles. Whether something is plants or the plants is understood from context rather than by using words like a or the.

Why is oksijen, the object, not in the accusative case (like oksijeni)?

When referring to a substance or an indefinite amount (a general sense of oxygen), Turkish often leaves the object unmarked (zero-marked). Adding the accusative suffix -i (oksijeni) would make it the oxygen (specific).

What does üretmek mean, and how do we get üret-iyor?

Üretmek means to produce. You remove the infinitive ending -mek, take the stem üret-, and add the present-continuous suffix -iyor to form üret-iyor, which means is producing or produce(s).