Breakdown of Çocuklar kola içmeyecek ve abur cubur yemeyecek.
çocuk
child
ve
and
yemek
to eat
içmek
to drink
Questions & Answers about Çocuklar kola içmeyecek ve abur cubur yemeyecek.
How is the negative future tense formed in içmeyecek and yemeyecek?
Both verbs start with their root (iç- for drink, ye- for eat), followed by the negative suffix -me. Because the future suffix -ecek starts with a vowel, we must insert the buffer letter -y- to stop two vowels from touching. This gives us iç-me-y-ecek and ye-me-y-ecek.
The subject is çocuklar (children), so why don't the verbs have the plural ending -ler?
In Turkish, if a plural subject is already explicitly stated in the sentence (like çocuklar), the verb doesn't always need the plural suffix -lar or -ler. It is very common and grammatically correct to just use the singular 3rd person verb (like içmeyecek) to avoid repeating the plural sound.
Why don't kola or abur cubur have a suffix to show they are the direct objects?
Because the sentence is talking about these items in a general sense, not a specific one. The children are not refusing 'the cola' or 'that specific junk food', they are refusing cola and junk food in general. When a direct object is general, it stays in its bare dictionary form without the specific direct object (accusative) suffix.
What kind of phrase is abur cubur?
Abur cubur is a popular Turkish phrase for 'junk food' or 'unhealthy snacks.' It is a reduplication made of two nonsense rhyming words. Turkish frequently uses these bouncy, paired words to describe things descriptively!