Learn Turkish: Herkes bu pırlantayı isteyecek. - Everyone will want this brilliant-cut diamond.

Herkes bu pırlantayı isteyecek.

Everyone will want this brilliant-cut diamond.

Breakdown of Herkes bu pırlantayı isteyecek.

this

istemek

to want / to require / to call for

herkes

everyone

pırlanta

brilliant-cut diamond

Questions & Answers about Herkes bu pırlantayı isteyecek.

How can I apply this lesson's topic to say 'Everyone will want this diamond in terms of its value'?

You can use açısından or bakımından. Since "value" is değer and "its value" is değeri, you would add değeri açısından or değeri bakımından. The full sentence becomes: Herkes bu pırlantayı değeri açısından isteyecek.

Wait, doesn't the vowel narrow before the -y- buffer in verbs? Why is it spelled isteyecek and not istiyecek?

In standard written Turkish, vowel narrowing (where e becomes i or a becomes ı) only applies to the present continuous suffix -iyor (e.g., istiyor). For the future tense suffix -ecek, the spelling officially remains isteyecek. However, in spoken Turkish, native speakers almost always pronounce it as istiyecek.

Since herkes means "everyone" (a plural concept), why is the verb singular (isteyecek instead of isteyecekler)?

In Turkish grammar, pronouns that refer to an indefinite group—such as herkes (everyone), hepsi (all of them), or hiç kimse (no one)—are treated as grammatically singular. Therefore, the verb always takes the third-person singular form.

What is the difference between and ? Aren't they both "diamond"?