"Gazete okursunuz."

Translation: You read newspapers.

[mayce4]

why is the translation newspapers in plural ? and why okursunuz but in the lesson before it was yersiniz ( -iniz not -unuz ) ?

[LadyNurington]

In English, objects are used in plural form when you use them in a sentence talking about a general activity. For example, you eat apples, you read books, you watch films etc. It is wrong to say you eat apple, you read book, you watch film. That is the reason why newspapers is in plural in the sentence above.

"Yersiniz" means "you eat" and "okursunuz" means "you read". I don't exactly understand your question, are you asking about the vowel harmony?

[flootzavut]

So in a general activity in Turkish you use the singular? I'm just checking I understood 8-o :-)

[LadyNurington]

Yes, Turkish uses singular, English uses plural, which leaves so many learners confused. :)

[mayce4]

i meant why don't we say okursiniz like we did with yersiniz and içersiniz ? and thanks for the reply

[LadyNurington]

"Okursiniz" does not fit vowel harmony. Vowels being added to the end of a word need to "fit in" with the initial ones, so this word would be "okursunuz".

[sonofneptune]

as a turkish person, we do not use "gazeteleri okurum". we use "gazete okurum" even though it is one page

[yalcintarkan]

You can find helpful information in https://www.duolingo.com/comment/7736911 about "why it is not plural"

and "-iniz" vs. "-unuz" issue (vowel harmony" is explained here https://www.duolingo.com/comment/7738396

[TVuPFYtm]

However, the "correct answer" is "You read a newspaper." Why not THE newspaper?

[LinaSafwat]

Because "Gazete" here is a general direct object not a subject, although it came at the begining of the sentence, the sentence should 've been "Siz gazete okursunuz"

[yaciraa]

If there's no "Bir", we should translate as there is a definite article. That is a thing I've been getting... So. Why is it You read newspapers right?

It should be You read the newspapers. Should not?

I'm confused

[HalukHepgn]

gazeteye okursunuz şeklinde duyuyorum gazete okursunuz olmamı

[katameckata]

she says "gazeteye okursunuz", only in the slow version it is "gazete okursunuz"

[Filip.Tvrdon]

And what if 2+ people are reading 1 newspaper?

[LinaSafwat]

"Okursunuz" here reflects "you " in the plural version (Siz)

[MuhammadPa67412]

Confused about plurals and use of the

[Bayankus5]

I was wondering about the following:
onlar gazete okur
versus:
gazete okurlar
Can so explain me why in the first setence okur is just OK?

[Zuzulyaa]

Sometimes they use 'gazeteyi okur' and other 'gazete okur'. This is confusing. When to use gazeteyi and gazete?

[deactivated user]

You say the gazeteyi okursunuz

[Grizelda233813]

Gazete okursunuz is not plural

[Ofrizhv]

How do you use the "okur" verb in "we"?

[javad910934]

Why gazete is plural and sometimes is

[redturkishgirl_]

why is it okusunuz but not okuyorsunuz

[mjaa333]

Gazete means both of Newspaper and newspapers, Tel me whay any of thim is wrong.

[josa499469]

Gazette okursunuz how can we say it's you ? For me this is they read newspaper

[MozhganAl]

Why gazette means newspapers???? Newspapers should be gazettelar

[NyanmiAfif]

How come "gazete okursunuz" = "You read newspapers" but in other exercise, "gazete okur" = "he reads a newspaper"?