Learn Turkish: Suçlulara silah vermeyiz. - We do not give weapons to criminals.

The aorist (simple present) tense has an irregular negative form for 'I' and 'we'. Instead of using the usual negative aorist marker -mez, we just use -me or -ma. Here, it is ver (give) + -me (negative) + -y- (buffer) + -iz (we), which makes vermeyiz.

How do we get the word suçlu (criminal) from suç (crime)?

The suffix -li / -lu means 'with' or 'having'. So suç (crime) + -lu becomes suçlu, literally meaning 'someone with a crime,' which is the Turkish word for a criminal or a guilty person.

Why does suçlular have the -a suffix at the end?

The verb vermek (to give) requires the dative case (-a or -e) for the person receiving the object, similar to saying 'to' in English. So, suçlular (criminals) becomes suçlulara (to the criminals).

Why is silah singular when the English translation says 'weapons'?