Learn Turkish: Kimseye ihtiyaç duymuyor. - He does not need anybody.

While duymak usually means "to hear," it is also used to mean "to feel" in certain expressions. The set phrase ihtiyaç duymak literally means "to feel a need," which we simply translate as "to need."

Why is it kimseye instead of just kimse?

The expression ihtiyaç duymak requires the dative case (the direction suffix -e or -a). You attach it to the thing or person being needed. Here, kimse gets a buffer -y- and the suffix -e, making it kimseye. Think of it as "feeling a need towards someone."

How does Turkish handle the negative with kimse?

In Turkish, kimse means "anyone" or "no one." To mean "nobody" or "not anybody," you must pair it with a negative verb. Because duymuyor has the negative particle -mu-, the sentence correctly forms the negative meaning: "He does not need anybody."

Where is the word for "He" in this sentence?

The subject is hidden in the verb ending. The present continuous suffix -yor with no personal ending after it automatically means "he", "she", or "it". You could put the pronoun O at the start of the sentence, but Turkish speakers usually drop it.