Breakdown of Manav çarşıda taze meyve satıyor.
satmak
to sell
taze
fresh
meyve
fruit
manav
greengrocer
çarşı
bazaar, market district
Questions & Answers about Manav çarşıda taze meyve satıyor.
We are learning the suffix -dan (from). Why does this sentence use çarşıda instead of çarşıdan?
Çarşıda uses the locative suffix -da to mean 'in' or 'at' the bazaar. If the greengrocer were selling fruit from the bazaar, you would use the ablative suffix -dan to make çarşıdan. Sentences often mix these location suffixes, so always check if the action is happening at (-da/-de) or coming from (-dan/-den) a place!
Why isn't there an accusative case ending on meyve (fruit) since it is the object being sold?
You only use the accusative case in Turkish when you are talking about a specific object (like 'the fruit'). Because the greengrocer is selling general, unspecified fruit, meyve stays in its plain dictionary form.
The translation says 'sells', but doesn't the -ıyor ending on satıyor mean 'is selling'?
Exactly! Satıyor literally translates to 'is selling'. However, Turkish often uses the present continuous tense (-ıyor) for general facts, habits, and professions, where English would use the simple present tense like 'sells'.
Is the word manav the person or the shop?
It can be both! Manav means the greengrocer (the person) but is also commonly used for the greengrocery (the shop). In this sentence, since the manav is performing the action of selling, it refers to the person.
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