Koç oyuncularla konuşuyor.

to talk

Breakdown of Koç oyuncularla konuşuyor.

• -la: with
• oyuncu: the player
• koç: the coach

Questions & Answers about Koç oyuncularla konuşuyor.

What exactly does Koç mean here?

In everyday Turkish, koç most commonly means coach (as in a sports coach). It can also mean a male sheep (a ram), but context normally makes it clear. It’s capitalized here because it starts the sentence; if it were a surname or nickname, Koç would also be capitalized. The letter ç is pronounced like English ch in chair.

How do you pronounce the whole sentence?

Approximate pronunciation:

• Koç: koch (ch as in chair)
• oyuncularla: oy-oon-joo-LAR-la (stress on LAR)
• konuşuyor: ko-nu-SHU-yor (stress on ŞU)

IPA (if you like): [kot͡ʃ ojund͡ʒuˈlaɾɫa koˈnuʃujoɾ]. The suffix -yor is stressless; stress falls on the syllable before it.

How is oyuncularla formed, and what does each part mean?

Breakdown:

• oyun = game
• -cu/-cü/-cı/-ci = agent suffix (person who does) → oyuncu = player
• -lar/-ler = plural → oyuncular = players
• -la/-le = comitative/instrumental suffix (with/by) → oyuncularla = with the players

Each suffix follows vowel harmony rules (see below).

Why is it oyuncularla and not oyuncular ile? Are both correct?