Questions & Answers about Örneğin bu kural çok önemli.
Where is the verb "is" in this sentence?
In Turkish, the present tense "is" or "are" often doesn't need a verb or suffix for the third person (he, she, it, or this). While you could add the suffix -dir to the end to make önemlidir, in everyday language we usually just drop it. Saying bu kural çok önemli is a complete, grammatically correct sentence.
Is there a difference between örneğin and mesela?
They both mean "for example" and are used interchangeably. Mesela is an older Arabic loanword that is extremely common in everyday speech. Örneğin is a native Turkish word built from the root örnek (example). It is great to know both because you will hear both all the time!
Could I just say örnek bu kural instead of örneğin?
If the noun was plural, would bu change to bunlar?
No, in Turkish, pointing words like bu (this) never take a plural ending when they are used as an adjective right before a noun. If you wanted to say "these rules", you would just say bu kurallar. You only use the plural form bunlar (these) when the word stands all by itself as a pronoun, like in bunlar çok önemli (these are very important).
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