Breakdown of Çocuklar da parka gidiyor.
çocuk
child
park
park
gitmek
to go
de
too, also (de/da) / even if (concessive particle after conditional) / and (linking clauses)
Questions & Answers about Çocuklar da parka gidiyor.
Why does the word park have an -a at the end?
The -a is the dative case suffix, which means 'to' or 'towards' and is added to destinations. Because park ends in a consonant and its last vowel is an 'a', vowel harmony dictates we add -a, making it parka (to the park).
Why is da written as a separate word instead of being attached to Çocuklar?
When da (or de) is written as a separate word, it means 'also' or 'too'. If it were attached to the word as a suffix, it would be the locative case meaning 'in', 'on', or 'at'. Here, Çocuklar da means 'The children too'.
The root for the verb 'to go' is git-. Why is it spelled gidiyor with a 'd' here?
This is because of consonant mutation. When a Turkish word ends in certain hard consonants like 't' and you add a suffix starting with a vowel (like the present continuous -iyor), the hard consonant often changes to a soft one. So, the 't' in git changes to a 'd' to make it easier to say: gidiyor.
Since the subject Çocuklar is plural, shouldn't the verb be gidiyorlar?
In Turkish, if the subject of the sentence is already plural and refers to humans (like Çocuklar), adding the plural suffix -lar to the verb is optional. Saying Çocuklar da parka gidiyor is perfectly natural and very common in everyday speech.