İşçi fabrikada çalışıyor.

to work

Breakdown of İşçi fabrikada çalışıyor.

• fabrika: the factory
• -da: in
• işçi: the worker

Questions & Answers about İşçi fabrikada çalışıyor.

What does işçi mean?

İşçi means “worker.” It’s a noun in the nominative (subject) case and here appears in its singular form.

Why is there no English article like a or the before işçi?

Turkish has no indefinite or definite articles equivalent to “a” or “the.”

• If you want to say “a worker,” add bir ⇒ Bir işçi fabrikada çalışıyor.
• Definite meaning (“the worker”) comes from context rather than a separate word.

What is the -da in fabrikada, and what does it do?

The suffix -da marks the locative case, meaning “in/at.” So fabrikada literally means “at the factory.” Verbs of place or location (like çalışmak, “to work”) often take their complements in the locative.

How do I know whether to use -da, -de, -ta, or -te?