"They read books."
Translation:Kitap okurlar.
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Yes, non-specific direct objects do not have the plural marker in Turkish. They are kept in the singular.
Yes, the Tips and Notes before every skill. Check out the one before Food.
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Hi, go to duolingo.com in your mobile browser. It's under Home, then tap the skill & the lessons appear at the top with the Tips & Notes below them.
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l second that I'd love to know where to access these on an android app. Thanks so much!
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In other words, definite objects are marked for case and number (e.g. -leri), while indefinite objects are unmarked for both? Would it be wrong to say "O, kitaplar okur." for 'He reads books.'?
Both assumptions are correct. "O, kitaplar okur" is not correct. Only definite object are marked for case and number.
That would be "They read the book." General direct objects (without 'the' in English) normally do not take the accusative or plural suffixes :)
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No, that would be "They read the books." – the accusative in Turkish only comes for definite nouns, those with "the" in English (or names and pronouns, because they're definite by default).
Just to add to this, it is only used for definitely direct objects. You will not see it on subjects at all. :)
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if a word or a noun phrase is the object of the sentence AND is definite, then you use the accusative.
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The -r- is the tense marker. It marks that the verb is in the "aorist", which is something like present tense. Okurlar means "they read", okur means "he/she reads", okurum means "I read".
Nope, there is a bit of flexibility in spoken Turkish, but this is quite out of place in written Turkish. Verbs always come at the end in Turkish :)
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If you wanted to say "they are reading books" would you say kitaplar okurlar?
Nope, general direct objects do not take the plural suffix (unless proceeded by an adjective).
"They are reading books" would be "Kitap okuyorlar"
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In all other sentences so far, onlar can accept both okur and okurlar, but here the first one is not accepted. Why??
If it was Kitap ..then why they ask for books ! :O hahaha ,maybe the want us to learn by making mistakes ! :O
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How come "onlar kitap okurlar" is wrong, but just " kitap okurlar" is right? I thought I can use both Okur and Okurlar for third person.
