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Questions & Answers about Gelenlerin kaçı dublör?
How does gelenlerin translate to "of the ones coming"?
This word builds on the subject relative suffix -en. Gelen means "coming" or "the one who comes". By adding the plural -ler, it becomes gelenler ("the ones who come"). The noun they are describing (like kişiler, meaning "people") is dropped, so the participle itself acts as the noun. Finally, the genitive suffix -in makes it "of the ones who come".
Why is there an -ı on kaçı?
To say "how many of" a group, Turkish treats it like a possessive relationship. It links the group (gelenler) and the question word (kaç) using the genitive-possessive structure. The group gets the genitive suffix (-in) to become gelenlerin, and kaç gets the third-person possessive suffix (-ı) to become kaçı. Literally, this translates to "the coming ones' how many".
Why isn't dublör pluralized to dublörler if we are asking about multiple stunt doubles?
In Turkish, if the plurality of the subject is already established by words like kaç (how many), the predicate noun (the word telling you what they are) usually stays in the singular form. Since gelenlerin kaçı already shows we are talking about a quantity, dublör doesn't need a plural suffix.
Where is the verb "are" in this sentence?