Tedirgin hasta doktora danıştı.

the doctor

Breakdown of Tedirgin hasta doktora danıştı.

• hasta: the patient
• tedirgin: uneasy; anxious
• danışmak: to consult; ask for advice

Questions & Answers about Tedirgin hasta doktora danıştı.

Why does tedirgin come before hasta?

In Turkish, adjectives normally come before the noun they describe, just like in English. So:

• tedirgin hasta = an anxious/worried patient

Also, Turkish adjectives do not change form for singular/plural or gender. Tedirgin stays the same in all cases.

Is hasta a noun here or an adjective?

Here, hasta is a noun meaning patient.

That said, hasta can also be an adjective meaning ill / sick in other contexts. For example:

• hasta adam = a sick man

But in tedirgin hasta doktora danıştı, it functions as the noun patient.

Why is it doktora and not doktor?

Because the verb danışmak requires the person consulted to be in the dative case.

• doktor = doctor
• doktora = to the doctor

So:

• doktora danışmak = to consult the doctor

This is a very important pattern to remember: danışmak does not usually take that person as a direct object.

What exactly is the -a in doktora?