Learn Turkish: Siz çorba için, pasta yemeyin. - You, drink soup; do not eat cake.

The sentence starts with the subject Siz (you). Then comes the object çorba (soup), followed by the verb için (drink). The second half drops the subject since it is already understood, but it keeps the Object-Verb order: pasta (cake) then yemeyin (do not eat).

Wait, doesn't için mean "for"? Why does it mean "drink" here?

You have a good memory! İçin is a very common word that means "for". However, here it is the polite or plural command form of the verb içmek (to drink). The verb root is iç, and adding the suffix -in makes it a command directed at Siz: "drink!".

Does pasta mean the same thing as it does in English?

No, it is a "false friend"! In Turkish, pasta means "cake" (usually a layered or frosted cake). If you want to eat pasta like spaghetti or macaroni, you need to ask for makarna.

How is yemeyin built to mean "do not eat"?