Questions & Answers about Portakal turuncu, elma kırmızı.
Why does the translation say "oranges" and "apples" when portakal and elma are singular?
In Turkish, when you talk about a category of things in a general sense, you usually use the singular form of the noun. English uses the plural for this.
This lesson is about putting adjectives before nouns. Why are turuncu and kırmızı placed after the nouns here?
Where are the words for "are" in this sentence?
Turkish doesn't use a separate word for "is" or "are" here. For third-person subjects (like he, she, it, or they), you just place the noun and the adjective together. elma kırmızı literally means "apple red", but translates as "apples are red".
Why are there two different words for "orange"?
Unlike English, Turkish has completely separate words for the fruit and the color. The fruit is portakal and the color is turuncu.
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