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"What is your job?"
Translation:Sizin işiniz ne?
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The verb is "is" so this is using the copula for 3rd person singular (because "your job" is an "it").
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Could somebody please explain, why here the question word comes last and not the verb. In the sentence "o ne içer" it was other way round and now I'm completely confused. Thanks!
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As I understand it, the difference you are seeing is whether the verb is a separate word--like "drinks"--or a suffix--like the copula for "is." Because you (generally) don't add a suffix for the 3rd person singular copula, it looks like the verb is missing.
O ne içer? = O (subject) + ne (object) + içer (verb) = He + what + drinks
Sizin işiniz ne? = Sizin işiniz (subject) + ne (object) + ____ (verb suffix) = Your job + what + is
In contrast, "What are you?" would use the 2nd person singular copula suffix. "Sen nesin?" = Sen (subject) + ne (object) + sin (verb suffix)
Ne is just nedir whit the later part dropped. Ne is informal, while nedir is more formal and polite. Actually, this sentence sounds a little bit wrong. I would rather translate "What is your job" as either "Senin işin ne?" or "Sizin işiniz nedir?(Here "Siz" is not the second plural, but the respect form of the second singular) "