Word
Çocuklar makarnayı çok seviyor.
Meaning
The children love pasta a lot.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Questions & Answers about Çocuklar makarnayı çok seviyor.
Why is it makarnayı (with the accusative case) if they just love pasta in general?
In Turkish, verbs about feelings like sevmek (to love/like) require their objects to be in the accusative (specific direct object) case, even when you are talking about things in general. So, to say 'I love pasta', you must say Makarnayı seviyorum, grammatically treating it as 'the pasta'.
Why is the verb seviyor singular when the subject (Çocuklar) is plural?
When a plural human subject is explicitly stated in the sentence (like Çocuklar), adding the plural suffix -lar to the verb is optional. Saying Çocuklar makarnayı çok seviyorlar is also correct, but dropping the plural ending on the verb is very common and sounds perfectly natural in everyday Turkish.
In English we say 'love' (simple present), so why does the Turkish verb use the continuous tense -iyor?
In Turkish, verbs that express emotions, thoughts, or states of being (like sevmek for loving, istemek for wanting) usually take the present continuous -iyor tense for general statements, even though English uses the simple present tense.
Why does çok (a lot) come right before the verb?
In Turkish word order, adverbs that describe how much you do an action usually go immediately before the verb. Unlike English, where 'a lot' goes at the end of the sentence, Turkish places çok right before seviyor.