Cadde üzerinde beş kafe var.

to be

Breakdown of Cadde üzerinde beş kafe var.

• kafe: the cafe
• beş: five
• üzerinde: on

Questions & Answers about Cadde üzerinde beş kafe var.

Can you break down each word in Cadde üzerinde beş kafe var?

• Cadde: avenue, street
• üzerinde: on, on top of
• beş: five
• kafe: cafe
• var: there is / there are

Why isn't there an article like a or the before kafe?

Turkish has no indefinite or definite articles. Nouns stand alone; context or numbers carry the sense of “a/an” or “the.”

Why doesn't kafe take a plural suffix after beş?

When a cardinal number (two or more) directly precedes a noun, that noun remains singular. Hence beş kafe, not beş kafeler.

What is var, and why does it come at the end of the sentence?

Var is the verb “to exist” (there is/are). Turkish follows Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) order, so the verb var appears last.

What exactly does Cadde üzerinde mean, and how is it constructed?