Breakdown of En üst kattaki teras neresi?
kat
floor
üst
top
en
most
neresi
what place / where (nominative or subject)
teras
terrace
Questions & Answers about En üst kattaki teras neresi?
Why does this sentence use neresi instead of nerede?
Nerede means "at where" and is used to ask for the location where something is happening or physically placed. Neresi, however, is a noun meaning "what place" or "which place". Here, you are asking to identify the place itself ("Which place is the top floor terrace?"), so neresi is used as the question word.
How does the word kattaki break down?
I know üst already means "top" or "upper". Why do we need en before it?
En is the superlative marker meaning "the most". While üst kat just means "an upper floor", en üst kat literally means "the most upper floor". This is the standard Turkish way to specifically say "the top floor" or "the highest floor".
Could I change the word order and ask Neresi en üst kattaki teras?
Yes, but the current word order is much more natural. In Turkish, the most emphasized information goes right before the verb, or at the end of a "to be" sentence that has no hidden verb. Putting neresi at the end properly emphasizes the question word itself.
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