"We see the sea from the hotel."

Translation: Otelden biz denizi görüyoruz.

[Simoyquan]

Thanks for the explanation about accusative! Very clear and useful.

I have a question, i choose denizi goruyoruz as the BIZ is included in the conjugation... do you have any idea why the system said is incorrect?

[Simoyquan]

Oh anyway it choose as a wrong option the suggested option.. probably I have to choose both option as both might be right

[Hrrem20]

Why does biz need to be in the sentence when the pronoun is indicated in the verb (görüyoruz)?

[Becky112358]

You can say

Otelden denizi görüyoruz.

You don't have to include "biz".

[Sam_Sarsik]

Could it be
Biz otelden denizi göreriz

[Selcen_Ozturk]

yes but görürüz not göreriz

[Sam_Sarsik]

Anladım, Teşekkürler

[duplexa]

Is bir denizi the sea or a sea?

[R_Andersson]

deniz (NOM) - a sea/the sea

bir deniz (NOM) - a sea

denizi (ACK) - the sea (direct object of a sentence)

deniz (ACK) - a sea (direct object of a sentence)

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Hope that helps!

[eavalis]

In this case "bir denizi" means "a sea", since the presence of "bir (one, a/an)" indicates an indefinite noun. I'll try to explain it to you with some examples:

deniz > NOMINATIVE, simply "sea" or "the sea (definite noun)" / e.g.: "Deniz suyu" > "seawater" or "Denizi görüyoruz." > "We see the sea."

bir deniz > NOMINATIVE, a sea (indefinite noun) / e.g. : "Orada bir deniz bulunuyor." > "A sea is located there."

denizi > ACCUSATIVE form of the simple noun "deniz" or the definite noun "deniz" / e.g.: "Denizi sevmem." > "I don't like seas/the sea (A sentence like this in English has to use the noun with the definite article or in the plural form; however in Turkish, the noun can be simply used without an article.)." or "Denizi görüyoruz." > "We see the sea."

bir deniz > ACCUSATIVE form of the indefinite noun "bir deniz" / e.g.: "Bir deniz gördük." > "We saw a sea."

bir denizi > also the ACCUSATIVE form of the indefinite noun "bir deniz"; it doesn't differ from the accusative "bir deniz" in the meaning so much and it has a rare use, it is usually preferred to make an emphasis on the word. / e.g.: "Bir denizi sabah görmek istiyorsanız, erken kalkın." > "If you want to see a sea in the morning, get up early."

Turkish noun cases can be a little confusing from time to time, but the best way to learn them is creating your own sample sentences with them. I hope you find this helpful, I wish you plenty of success in your course!

[Kirsten58593]

That is the grammatical part. In german there are two different words for sea: the sea = Meer, a sea = See. Is deniz used for both like it is in English, or do you have different words, like Germans have?

[Atalay239482]

It's used for both like in English.

[Mariane584083]

eavalis, i think that "bir denizi" is antinomic. "Denizi" can only mean "the sea" as a direct object of a verb at the accusative case and "bir deniz" only means "a/one sea" at nominative case. "Okyanus bir deniz yok"= "an ocean is not a see".

[Farzan_Fathi]

I wrote "Otelden denizi biz görüyoruz" it says it's incorrect. My question is how is it not like the sentence "Elmayı ben yerim" in the previous lessons??