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Questions & Answers about Buyurun, kitap burada.
Why does buyurun mean "here you are"? I thought it meant "welcome" or "go ahead".
Buyurun is a very versatile word of politeness! Depending on the context, it can mean "please come in," "go ahead," or, when handing something to someone as in this sentence, "here you go" or "here you are."
Where is the word for "the" in kitap?
Turkish does not have a definite article like the English word "the." When a noun is the subject of the sentence, like kitap is here, you can just translate it as "the book" based on the context. If you wanted to say "a book," you would use bir kitap.
Where is the word for "is" in this sentence?
There isn't one! In Turkish, to say "is," "am," or "are," you generally use personal suffixes attached to the end of the word. For the third person "it is" (like "the book is"), the suffix is often left completely invisible in everyday speech. So saying kitap burada is a complete sentence meaning "the book is here."
What is the -da at the end of burada?
It is the locative case suffix, which translates to "in," "on," or "at." The root bura means "this place," so adding -da makes it burada, literally meaning "at this place" or "here."