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Questions & Answers about Yeşil elma nerede?
Does the adjective always come before the noun in Turkish?
Yes! Just like in English, adjectives go right before the noun they describe. So yeşil (green) comes directly before elma (apple) to make yeşil elma (green apple).
The translation says "the green apple", but I don't see a word for "the" in Turkish. How do we know it's "the"?
Turkish does not have a separate word for "the" (a definite article). When a phrase like yeşil elma is the subject of a sentence, we usually understand it as specific based on the context, so we naturally translate it as "the green apple" in English.
Where is the word for "is" in this sentence?
There isn't one! In Turkish, for simple sentences in the present tense with third-person subjects (he, she, or it), the "is" is often completely left out. Just placing the subject yeşil elma next to the question word nerede is enough to mean "Where is the green apple?".
Why does the question word nerede end in -de?
The ending -de is a suffix that means "in", "on", or "at". The base nere means "what place". By adding -de, you get nerede, which literally means "at what place" or simply "where".