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Questions & Answers about Az kişi geldi.
What nuance does "Az kişi" carry in Turkish? Is it like English "few" or "a few"?
It matches English "few" (a small, possibly disappointing number), not "a few." Az kişi usually implies fewer than expected. For a neutral/positive small number, Turkish prefers birkaç kişi.
Can I say "Biraz kişi geldi"?
Why isn’t it plural? Why not "Az kişiler"?
With quantifiers like az, çok, birkaç, birçok/pek çok, the noun stays in singular: az kişi, çok öğrenci, birkaç kitap. Az kişiler is ungrammatical in this sense. Plural kişiler is used when talking about a definite plural group without such quantifiers (e.g., in legal/official contexts: Gerçek kişiler).
Should the verb be plural? Why not "Az kişi geldiler"?