Word
Şimdi on iki doktor hazır.
Meaning
Twelve doctors are ready now.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about Şimdi on iki doktor hazır.
How are numbers like 11 to 20 formed in Turkish?
It is very simple: you just say the word for ten (on) followed by the single digit. Since iki is two, on iki is twelve.
Why is it doktor instead of the plural doktorlar?
In Turkish, when you use a number to specify a quantity, the noun that follows always stays singular. So you say on iki doktor (twelve doctor), never on iki doktorlar.
Where is the word for "are" in this sentence?
Turkish often leaves out the "to be" verb in simple factual sentences like this. The word hazır means ready, and just putting it at the end of the sentence gives us "are ready" from the context.
Can I put şimdi (now) at the end of the sentence like in English?
It is much more natural to put time words like şimdi at the beginning of a Turkish sentence. The main describing word (like hazır) usually takes the final spot at the end.