Questions & Answers about Tavşan kaplumbağadan daha hızlı koşarmış.
Why does this sentence use koşarmış instead of koşardı?
koşarmış combines the aorist suffix (-ar) with the inferential suffix (-mış). While koşardı means "used to run" (a past habit you know as a fact), koşarmış is used for storytelling, rumors, or things you didn't witness yourself. It perfectly captures the "once upon a time" fairy tale vibe of the Tortoise and the Hare.
Why is the "from" suffix (-dan) added to kaplumbağa?
Why is hızlı used here? Doesn't it need an adverb ending to mean "quickly"?
Why aren't there any words for "The" before tavşan and kaplumbağa?
Turkish doesn't have a definite article like "the". When a noun is the subject of a general statement or a known story (like tavşan here), its definiteness is understood from context. We translate them as "The hare" and "the tortoise" because it references a specific, famous fable.