Questions & Answers about Erkek kedi uyuyor.
Turkish is primarily Subject-Object-Verb (SOV). Here we have:
• Subject: Erkek kedi
• (No object)
• Verb: uyuyor
Adjectives (erkek) always precede the noun (kedi). Placing them in another order (e.g. Kedi erkek uyuyor) would sound unnatural or give an unusual emphasis.
The root of “to sleep” is uyu-. The suffix -(i)yor marks the present continuous tense (English “is/am/are … -ing”). So:
• Root: uyu- (“sleep”)
• Tense suffix: -(i)yor
• Personal ending: zero for 3rd person
-> uyuyor = “(he/it) is sleeping.”
Turkish adjectives precede the noun and remain unchanged: no agreement in gender, number, or case. If you pluralize, you only attach the plural suffix to the noun:
• erkek kedi = “male cat”
• erkek kediler = “male cats”
Add the plural suffix -ler/-lar to the noun:
Erkek kediler uyuyor.
Adjectives stay in their base form (no -ler on erkek).
Use a demonstrative pronoun or pointer word:
• O erkek kedi uyuyor. = “That male cat is sleeping.”
• Şu erkek kedi uyuyor. = “That (over there) male cat is sleeping.”