"Why do you always say strange things?"

Translation: Neden her zaman tuhaf şeyler söylüyorsun?

[nellaloggia]

Why is it "tuhaf şeyler" instead of "tuhaf şeyleri"?
I thought a qualified object was always treated in the accusative...

[Sayel.Abbadi]

Because " tuhaf şeyleri " means THE strange things but the English question just says " strange things " indefinite

[Levi_J]

Are "her zaman" and "hep" interchangeable?

[KoratBora]

Yes, they are usually interchangeable. In this sentence you can use "hep" (or "daima", "sürekli") instead of "her zaman".

[zeid188584]

As the word "şey" is indefinite .... why "şeyler" is used??

[BenShaw495]

I think I read a while ago, since it has an adjective, you use the plural. So here is an example

onlar elma yer = they eat apples

onlar ucuz elmalar yer = they eat cheap apples

because there is an adjective, you need the plural. I could be wrong though, I'm just 70% sure I read that somewhere. If someone else could verify that would be amazing.

[balpers]

Would it be possible to use some form of demek in this sentence?

[standingwo]

i used "diyorsun" and was marked right.

[mal876365]

same here

[Sayel.Abbadi]

"Neden hep tuhaf şeyler dersin" is accepted too.

[OlavSurlan]

demek and söylemek are synonyms.

In Google Translate there is a very useful feature:

1) Choose translate from Turkish to English

2) Write ONLY söylemek in the Turkish box

3) In addition to the main translation Say, you get a list of possible translations and Turkish synonyms to söylemek

The list looks like this:

SAY - söylemek, demek, etmek, tekrarlamak, okumak, varsaymak

TELL - söylemek, anlatmak, bildirmek, demek, haber vermek, ayırt etmek

SING - söylemek, şarkı söylemek, ötmek, okumak, şakımak, vınlamak

SPEAK - konuşmak, söylemek, konuşma yapmak, söz söylemek, ses çıkarmak, haberleşmek

etc. etc.

[Sebastian292343]

Why is "tuhaf şeyler her zaman neden söylüyorsun" wrong?

[Michael839]

Why no musun? I don't get it, in the question lesson always everything was wrong without

[Sayel.Abbadi]

We don't need MUSUN here because we have NEDEN as a question particle.

[H.A.642894]

Can I place "neden" after "her zaman" or "tuhaf şeyler" instead at the beginning?