Questions & Answers about O doktor kim?
Why is kim (who) at the end of the sentence?
In Turkish, question words like kim usually go in the exact same place where the answer would be. If the answer is 'That doctor is Ahmet' (O doktor Ahmet), the question just replaces 'Ahmet' with 'who' (kim), keeping the same word order: O doktor kim?
I thought o meant 'he', 'she', or 'it'. Why is it translated as 'that... over there'?
O is a very flexible word! When used completely by itself, it means 'he', 'she', or 'it'. But when it comes right before a noun like doktor, it acts as a pointing word meaning 'that' or 'that one over there' (referring to something far from both the speaker and the listener).
Where is the word for 'is' in this sentence?
There isn't a separate word for 'is' in Turkish. Instead, 'to be' is usually attached as a suffix to the end of a sentence. However, for the third person ('he', 'she', 'it', or 'that'), we often leave this suffix off completely in everyday casual speech. So, kim standing alone at the end automatically means 'who is' here.
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