Word
O dört kadın evli değil.
Meaning
Those four women are not married.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about O dört kadın evli değil.
Why is it kadın (woman) instead of kadınlar (women) if there are four of them?
In Turkish, whenever you use a number to count something, the noun must stay in its singular form. You never add the plural suffix -lar or -ler after a number, so it is literally "four woman" (dört kadın).
Why does the sentence start with O (that) instead of Onlar (those)?
When a pointing word like O (that/those) or Bu (this/these) is used as an adjective right before a noun or a number, it never takes a plural ending. You only use Onlar when it stands completely alone as a pronoun (meaning "they" or "those ones").
Where is the word for "are" in this sentence?
Turkish doesn't have a separate standalone word for "am", "is", or "are". For third-person subjects like "those four women", the "are" is simply understood from the context, and no extra suffix is needed.
Why do we use the separate word değil here instead of a negative suffix?
değil is the standard way to negate adjectives and nouns in Turkish. Since evli (married) is an adjective, you put değil right after it to say "are not married". You only use negative suffixes attached directly to words when you are negating a verb (an action).