Questions & Answers about Tuvalet solda değil, sağda.
Why do we say solda and sağda instead of just sol and sağ?
Sol means 'left' and sağ means 'right'. To say something is on the left or on the right, you need to add the locative suffix -da (meaning 'in', 'on', or 'at'). Since both sol and sağ contain back vowels (o, a), they take -da instead of -de.
Why do we use değil here instead of another negative word like yok?
Değil is used to negate 'to be' sentences (am not / is not / are not) that describe what or where something is. Yok means 'there is not' or 'does not exist'. Since we are saying the toilet is not in a specific place, we use değil.
Where is the word for 'is' in this sentence?
In Turkish, there is no standalone word for 'is'. For third-person subjects like Tuvalet (The toilet), the 'is' is simply implied by putting the subject and the location together.
Why does değil come after solda?
In Turkish, değil always comes immediately after the word or phrase it is negating. Instead of saying 'not on the left' like in English, you say solda değil (literally: 'on the left, not').
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