"The girl eats the orange."

Translation: Kız portakalı yer.

[acocitom19]

I don't know if this is very useful, but the word portakal actually refers to the Portuguese who I think were the first to introduce the sweet orange to the region. Just sharing :)

[MohamadAls6]

You're absolutely right. Thanks for the sharing.

[Salman454807]

Hmmm... Orange in Arabic is called "Bortokal" too

[Edgemade]

No. It come from Arabic they call it "bortokal", Turkish has alot of Arabic words

[beirin]

The girl eats the orange. Wouldn't it be "Kızı portakalı yer"? If no, how to show the difference between "A girl eats..." and "The girl eats..."? If there is a way to show it.

[G0108]

Kız is the subject so it cannot be in the accusative. The way you wrote it would have kız in the accusative. If you're the one writing and you want to differentiate if the subject is "a girl" or "the girl" you can write "bir kız" to show that it is "a girl" but if it is just "kız" (as the subject) then it can be either "the girl" or "a girl"

[Alinu.sh]

Could you say "o kız portakalı yer"?

[G0108]

That would be (I believe), "That girl eats the orange"

[halima939208]

Hi, how do I know when tu use i and when to use ı ?? Is there a rule for it ..

[M.IkhsanRa]

I'm not expert on Turkish, I'm Indonesian, but in my school Turkish is learned

They use ı when the last vowel is a/ı
Masa-sı, Dolap p become b Dolabı, Yağı, Kapı-sı, Duvar-ı

They use i when the last vowel is e/i
E.g. Başkent-i , Ev-i,

If the last letter is e/i, you have to use "si"
Eg. Nere-si? Sandalye-si, Pencere-si

[BahozShakh]

What is the difference between portakal and portakali ..... or what is the difference between yag or yagi

[karan407]

Portakal is used when orange is subject and portakali when used as object

[Dareenove77]

why can't we say
kız portakalı yeriz? why is it yer?

[AlexinNotTurkey]

"yeriz" is for "biz." It means "We eat.

"yer" is for the 3rd person. It is the same reason why you can't say "We reads the book" in English.

[Dareenove77]

thank you :)

[1OwOl]

What will it mean if it's "Kız portakal yer" ? Without the ı ?

[josue362062]

It would mean "The girl eats oranges (in general)"

[mrspizza]

why is portakalyı wrong? a was the last vowel so we add yi.

but it says that the right answer is portakalı, so where did that y go???

i dont get it!

[Hamza.qah]

I worte
Kiz portakal yer
Then give me a mistake
Why i shoud put ı after portakal

[danya_21]

So it will mean the orange

[Jocelyn.Willi]

Couldn't you put "bu" in front of Kız to show that you are talking about "the girl"?

[AlexinNotTurkey]

That would be "this girl"

[smiles12101]

In this cause would orange or girl be stressed

[omarbassiouny]

Unfortenatelly I don't know when I change the object ( portoqal to portoqali ) and when to change the verb ? It's a bit confused

[Ensensensens]

"Portakal" mean is generally. It is mean "Orange"

"Portakalı" mean is not generally.
You can think it this words.
"The orange"

"I eat this." = "Bun'u' yerim."
"This" = "Bu"

"I eat orange" = "Portakal yerim."
"I eat the orange" = "Portakal'ı' yerim."

[Rufaida435141]

I wrote "Bu kiz potakali yer " and it gave me a mistake !

[Akash_Polyglot]

Because "bu" refers to this

[khaakenajaf]

Y not Kızı?

[Mallinche]

adding "i" means "the" to the subject but why not by kız if it means "the" girl..

[Riasaf]

Why not yeriz?

[yakann_]

I'll eat an orange

[Mustafa226084]

isnt it supposed to be : kiz "bir" portakali yer, isnt a bir supposed to be added?

[drMaria25]

Bir means "a", so you say bir portakal (an orange) or portakalı (the orange) but not both of them

[Mustafa226084]

when the arabs invaded portugal it was called andalus, and it had lots of oranges, so it later was called portugal because arabs name orange portokal, and turkish took that word and made it portokal, turkish has lots of arabic words in it

[drMaria25]

What's the difference between putting "kiz portakalı yer" and "portakalı kiz yer"? I used both of them and they were correct

[Learner432810]

The girl eats the orange = Kız portakalı yiyor.