Word
Odada bir yatak ve bir televizyon var.
Meaning
There is a bed and a television in the room.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Odada bir yatak ve bir televizyon var.
bir
a / an
var
there is / existent
oda
room
televizyon
television
Questions & Answers about Odada bir yatak ve bir televizyon var.
Why does var go at the very end of the sentence?
In Turkish, the main action or state usually goes at the end of the sentence. Var means "there is" or "there are," and it sits at the very end to state that the things you just listed actually exist.
What makes odada mean "in the room"?
The root word is oda, meaning "room". The -da attached to it is the locative suffix, which tells us where something is located ("in," "on," or "at"). When talking about existence with var, we typically start the sentence with this location word.
Since there are two items (a bed and a TV), shouldn't we use a plural form of var?
No, var never changes its form based on how many things there are. Whether you are saying "there is one item" or "there are ten items," you always just use the exact same word: var.
Do I have to repeat bir for both the bed and the television?
It is very common and natural in Turkish to repeat bir (a/an) for each separate item in a list, just as we often say "a bed and a television" in English.