Questions & Answers about Markette ucuz elmalar var.
Why is it markette and not marketde for 'at the supermarket'?
The word market ends in the voiceless consonant t. In Turkish, when you add a suffix that usually starts with d (like the location suffix -de or -da), the d changes to a t to match the hard breathy sound before it. This is called consonant assimilation, and it happens after any of the 'Fıstıkçı Şahap' consonants.
Why does the location suffix become -te instead of -ta?
After the consonant changes to t, we still need to follow vowel harmony. The last vowel in market is e, which is a front vowel. Therefore, we use the front vowel version of the suffix, giving us -te.
Why is the plural of apple elmalar and not elmaler?
The Turkish plural suffix is either -lar or -ler depending on vowel harmony. The last vowel in elma is a, which is a back vowel. So, it takes the back vowel suffix -lar.
How does the word order work with var in this sentence?
In Turkish, the word var means there is or there are, and it always goes at the very end of the sentence. When you want to say where something is, the location (markette) usually comes first, followed by the thing that exists (ucuz elmalar), and finally var.
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