Questions & Answers about Bu arabanın menzili ne kadar?
Why do we use ne kadar (how much) instead of ne (what) to ask about the range?
In English, we ask 'What is the range?', but Turkish treats physical measurements like distance, length, and weight as quantities. Therefore, we use ne kadar to literally ask 'How much is this car's range?'.
Why does araba have the suffix -nın?
This is the genitive case, which shows ownership, much like the apostrophe-s in English. Since we are talking about the range belonging to this specific car, araba (car) becomes arabanın (the car's).
What is the root word of menzili and why does it have an -i at the end?
The root word is menzil, meaning range or distance. The -i is the third-person possessive suffix (meaning 'its'). Together with arabanın, it forms the full noun compound arabanın menzili (the car's range).
The English translation includes 'is', but where is the verb in the Turkish sentence?
In everyday Turkish, the present tense 'is' is often invisible. The sentence is perfectly complete ending with just ne kadar. In a formal context, like a car manual, you might see the formal 'is' suffix added to make it ne kadardır, but it is usually dropped in speech.