Word
Toptancı taze sebze satıyor.
Meaning
The wholesaler sells fresh vegetables.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Toptancı taze sebze satıyor.
taze
fresh
sebze
the vegetable
satmak
to sell
toptancı
the wholesaler
Questions & Answers about Toptancı taze sebze satıyor.
What does toptancı mean here?
Toptancı means wholesaler—someone who trades in large quantities (usually selling to retailers rather than directly to end consumers).
How is the word toptancı formed?
It comes from toptan (“in bulk, wholesale”) plus the agentive suffix -cı (someone who does X). So toptan + cı = toptancı, literally “one who deals in bulk.”
Why isn’t there an article like a or the before taze sebze?
Turkish has no separate words for "a/the." Indefiniteness or definiteness is shown by context and case marking. Here taze sebze is an indefinite concept (“fresh vegetables” in general), so no extra article appears.
Why doesn’t sebze take the accusative suffix -yi/ -ı even though it’s the direct object?
Turkish marks only definite or specific direct objects with the accusative suffix. Because taze sebze is indefinite/general here, it stays in the unmarked (nominative) form.
Why is the adjective taze placed before the noun sebze?