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Questions & Answers about O resimler küçük.
Why is the plural ending -ler instead of -lar on resimler?
This is because of 2-way vowel harmony. The plural suffix is either -ler or -lar. We look at the last vowel in the word resim, which is 'i'. Since 'i' is a front vowel, it takes the front vowel suffix -ler.
If the English translation is "Those pictures", why doesn't the sentence use onlar for "those"?
In Turkish, demonstrative words like o (that/those) or bu (this/these) do not take a plural suffix when they are placed directly in front of a noun. You just use the singular o plus the plural noun resimler. Saying onlar resimler would be incorrect.
Where is the word for "are" in this sentence?
Turkish doesn't use a separate word for "am", "is", or "are" in simple present sentences like this. You just place the subject (o resimler) and the descriptive word (küçük) side by side to mean "Those pictures are small."
Because the pictures are plural, shouldn't küçük (small) also have a plural suffix?
No, in Turkish, when an adjective describes how something is at the end of a sentence, it usually stays in its basic, singular form. You don't need to add a plural ending to küçük just because the subject is plural.