Breakdown of Çocuklar akşam yemeğinden sonra dondurma yedi.
çocuk
child
yemek
to eat
sonra
after
akşam yemeği
dinner
dondurma
ice cream
Questions & Answers about Çocuklar akşam yemeğinden sonra dondurma yedi.
Since Çocuklar is plural, why is the verb yedi instead of yediler?
In Turkish, when a plural human subject is already explicitly stated in the sentence (like Çocuklar), adding the plural suffix -ler to the verb is optional. Both yedi and yediler are perfectly correct here.
Why does akşam yemeğinden have the -den (from) ending?
Where does the -n- come from in yemeğinden?
Akşam yemeği means 'dinner' (literally 'evening meal'). The -i at the end is a possessive suffix. Whenever you attach a case ending (like -den) to a word that already ends in a possessive suffix, Turkish requires the buffer letter -n- in between them.
Why is the object just dondurma and not dondurmayı?
Because it is a general, indefinite object. The children ate 'ice cream' in general, not 'the specific ice cream'. In Turkish, you only add the specific object ending (the accusative case) when you are talking about a specific, previously mentioned thing.
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