Questions & Answers about Bu doksan iki köpek tok.
How do you build numbers like ninety-two in Turkish?
It is very straightforward! You just say the tens word followed by the ones word, with a space in between. Here, doksan is ninety and iki is two, making doksan iki. There are no extra connector words like 'and' joining them.
Since there are 92 dogs, shouldn't it be köpekler instead of köpek?
No, and this is a very important Turkish rule! Whenever you use a number greater than one before a noun, the noun must stay in its singular form. So, it's always doksan iki köpek (literally 'ninety-two dog'), never doksan iki köpekler.
Why does the sentence use Bu (this) when the English translation says 'These'?
In Turkish, when pointing words like Bu (this), Şu (that), or O (that over there) act as adjectives directly describing a noun, they never take a plural ending. Furthermore, because the noun phrase doksan iki köpek stays singular according to the number rule, the adjective modifying it must also be the singular Bu instead of the plural Bunlar.
Can I use tok to say my glass or my bag is full?
No, tok specifically means 'full' in the sense of a living thing having a full stomach and not being hungry. If you want to talk about a container or a room being filled with something, you must use the word dolu.