Breakdown of Bit pazarında her zaman ucuza kilim bulabiliriz, değil mi?
değil
not
ucuz
cheap
zaman
time
bulmak
to find
Questions & Answers about Bit pazarında her zaman ucuza kilim bulabiliriz, değil mi?
Why is it just değil mi at the end instead of matching the 'we' subject like değil miyiz?
When used as a question tag to mean 'right?' or 'isn't that so?', değil mi is invariable. This means it always stays exactly like this, regardless of the subject or the tense of the main sentence. You never add personal suffixes to it in this context.
Why does the word for cheap (ucuz) have an -a suffix in ucuza?
Adding the dative suffix -e or -a to certain adjectives turns them into adverbs describing price. Here, ucuza means 'for cheap' or 'cheaply'. You will often see this used with verbs of buying and selling, such as ucuza almak (to buy for cheap).
The English translation says 'rugs', but kilim is singular. Shouldn't it be kilimler?
In Turkish, when an object is general, indefinite, and sits right before the verb, it is often left in the singular form. Because we are talking about finding 'rugs in general' rather than specific rugs, kilim doesn't take the plural suffix here.
Why is there an -n- before the -da in bit pazarında?