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Questions & Answers about Kaç hemşire hasta?
Why is it hemşire (singular) instead of hemşireler (plural) if we are asking about multiple nurses?
In Turkish, nouns always stay in their singular form after numbers or quantity words like kaç (how many). Since you are asking for a number, adding the plural suffix -ler is grammatically incorrect. You literally say 'how many nurse'.
How would I answer this question using a number from this lesson, like 'three'?
To answer a kaç question, you just replace kaç with the number! To say 'Three nurses are sick,' you use the Turkish word for three (üç) and say Üç hemşire hasta. Notice that hemşire stays singular here too.
Where is the verb 'are' in this sentence?
Turkish doesn't have a direct equivalent to the verb 'to be' (am/is/are) as a separate word. Placing the adjective hasta (sick) at the end of the sentence naturally acts as the predicate, meaning 'are sick' in this context.