Word
Restoranda garsona sipariş verdik.
Meaning
We gave the waiter our order at the restaurant.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Restoranda garsona sipariş verdik.
garson
waiter
restoran
restaurant
sipariş vermek
to place an order
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Questions & Answers about Restoranda garsona sipariş verdik.
Since this lesson is about past tense questions, how would we ask "Did we give the waiter our order?"
You would add the question particle mi at the very end. The verb verdik already includes the past tense marker and the personal ending for "we", so the question particle just follows it as a separate word: Restoranda garsona sipariş verdik mi?
Why do restoran and garson have different endings (-da and -a)?
The ending -da on restoranda means "at" or "in" (the locative case), showing where the action happened. The ending -a on garsona means "to" (the dative case), showing who received the action. You gave the order "to" the waiter "at" the restaurant.
Why isn't there a word for "our" attached to sipariş if the translation says "our order"?
In Turkish, sipariş vermek is a common phrase that literally means "to give order" (to place an order). Turkish usually drops possessive words like "our" when the context makes it obvious whose order it is. The "we" ending on the verb is enough clue.
Should sipariş have the specific object ending (the accusative case) since it is the thing being given?