Learn Hardcore Turkish: Yemekhane her gün taze yemek sunuyor. - The cafeteria serves fresh meals every day.

The word yemekhane is a compound of yemek (food/meal) + hane (house/place). It means cafeteria or dining hall—a place where meals are served.

Why is there no article like the or a before yemekhane?

Turkish does not use articles such as the or a. Nouns appear bare. Specificity can be shown by context, suffixes, or demonstratives, but most times you just use the noun alone.

Why is her gün not marked with a case ending?

Here her gün (every day) functions as a temporal adverbial phrase. Temporal expressions often appear without case suffixes. her is a determiner that makes gün indefinite in that sense.

Why doesn’t taze yemek take the accusative suffix -i?

In Turkish, a direct object only takes the accusative suffix (-ı/-i/-u/-ü) when it is definite or specific. taze yemek here is an indefinite/general object (“fresh food in general”), so it remains unmarked.

What is the difference between sunuyor and sunar?

sunuyor is the present continuous tense (3rd person singular) of sunmak, implying an ongoing or habitual action. sunar is the simple present (aorist), which often expresses general truths or habits. With adverbs like her gün, both are possible, but sunuyor emphasizes the ongoing/repeated nature more dynamically.

How do you break down sunuyor into its parts?

Start with the stem sun (from sunmak). Add the continuous tense suffix -uyor (vowel harmony with the stem’s u). The 3rd person singular ending is zero (no extra suffix). So sun + uyor = sunuyor.

Can I rearrange the word order in Yemekhane her gün taze yemek sunuyor?

Yes. Turkish has fairly flexible word order. Neutral is Subject–Adverbial–Object–Verb. You could say Her gün yemekhane taze yemek sunuyor or Yemekhane taze yemek her gün sunuyor, though the emphasis shifts slightly with each order.

What’s the difference between sunmak and servis yapmak?

Both can mean “to serve” food. sunmak is more general (“to present/offer/serve”), while servis yapmak literally means “to do the service” and often refers to the full act of restaurant service. In a cafeteria you might hear both, but sunmak focuses on the food offering itself.