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O doktor.

O doktor.
He is a doctor.
From Lesson 1:Demonstrative pronouns (bu, şu, o)·Turkish

Breakdown of O doktor.

o
that / he / she / it
doktor
doctor

Questions & Answers about O doktor.

Where is the word for "is" in this sentence?
In Turkish, "am/is/are" is usually attached to the end of a word as a suffix. But for the third person singular ("he/she/it is"), there is no suffix at all! The "is" is simply understood. O doktor literally means "He doctor".
Could O also mean "she"?
Yes! Turkish pronouns do not show gender. O means "he", "she", or "it" depending on the context. Without any background information, O doktor can perfectly mean "She is a doctor."
Why isn't it O bir doktor to mean "He is A doctor"?
You can use bir (a/an), but Turkish usually drops it when you are simply stating someone's profession. You typically only add bir if you describe the profession with an adjective, like in O iyi bir doktor (He is a good doctor).
Since O can mean "that", could O doktor mean "That doctor"?
Yes, it can. O is both a pronoun ("he/she/it") and a demonstrative word ("that"). As a full short sentence, it means "He is a doctor" or "That is a doctor." If it were the subject of a longer sentence, like O doktor geldi (That doctor came), it would translate to "That doctor".

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