Word
Manav çarşıda taze meyve satıyor.
Meaning
The greengrocer sells fresh fruit in the bazaar.
Part of speech
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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?