"Soru nedir?"

Translation: What is the question?

[sebiou]

Can I say "Soru ne?" ?

[orde90]

yes, nedir is used to be formal.

[LadyNurington]

Yes, you can.

[April538109]

Turkish people use this to say , "what's the problem?" too.

[AlexinNotTurkey]

That would be the very similar "Sorun nedir?" :)

[saram103]

Can you say "What question?"

[Selcen_Ozturk]

no, that would be "hangi soru?" or maybe "ne sorusu?" depending on the context.

[MsHolanda]

(and) what case would be that final "su" (in the world "sorusu")?
^_^

[Selcen_Ozturk]

possessive, I guess you can think of it as "the question of what?"

[MsHolanda]

owh! :o ..
(yeah.. I guess it makes sense) .. :p
Tes(h)kkür ederim! ^_^
®

[JohnLongin]

I'm struggling with this in English. If someone walks in the room and says to me "I have a question." my reply of "What question?" or "What is the question?" is the same.

Second matter: aren't I supposed to be notified by email when my question is answered? I'm not notified.

[jgierbo2]

What question? and What is the question? are different things. The first one is asking to specify which question it is they’re talking about among a few options. The second is asking you to say the question.

Remember that there is no copula in Turkish, so there is another word for which, hangi, to avoid such confusions.

[EasySeven]

What if I wanted to say "What is his question?" ? Would it be correct to say "Sorusu nedir/ne?" or do i need Onun?

[Selcen_Ozturk]

"Sorusu nedir/ne?" is fine, onun is optional

[mizinamo]

Olmak veya olmamak - o sorudur!

[MetroWestJP]

Where on the web can I find a really indepth explanation of -dir? I thought I understood it, until I saw it in a question.

[AlexinNotTurkey]

Look here: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/8649151

[Haesselmaas]

Hi! I came here for the same reason. I looked through the link and (even though it's an awesome explanation) there is no mention of the use of -dir in questions, so I'm still lost. Could you (or someone else) explain, please?

[YanitoLeSang]

Why Soru is not in the accusative form ?

[LadyNurington]

It is not a direct object in this questions and doesn't need to be in accusative case.

[jgierbo2]

why is it not a direct object?

[dragan17a]

"is" is the verb in this sentence. Then you ask "what is?" and the answer is the question.

[natepenner]

totally agree with dragan17a's answer, but a more grammar based one is like this:
"is" is a copula, a grammatical equals sign. because "what" and "question" are the same thing, "question" is kept in the nominative.

[YanitoLeSang]

Thanks :)

[Olekander]

Why isnt soru in the accusative

[Mariane584083]

olekander, please, before asking read all the comments. Ladynurington as a very clear explanation above.Do try next time!

[lingonerd73]

What is the point of the suffix -dir?

[Mariane584083]

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lingonerd, please read the comment of Orde90 and Ladynurington at the beginning of this discussion.
And have a look at Ektoraskan's explanations here: https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/8649151/Grammar-Suffix-dir.

[frankk1m]

"What is a question?" Does that work?

[Selcen_Ozturk]

theoretically yes, altough it is a weird question :)

[plzdntdie]

how would you say "What is your question?"

[mizinamo]

You'd add the possessive suffix -n to soru, giving Sorun nedir?

Sounds the same as "What is the problem?".

[frankk1m]

Mizinamo is correct.

For informal 'sen', use '-n'.
(Senin) sorun ne?

For formal 'siz', use '-nIz'.
(Sizin) sorunuz ne?

[adonis_nm]

where is the difference between soru and cevab?

[mizinamo]

Same as between "question" and "answer".

[Tahaozr]

I heard "sorun nedir"

[April538109]

the n on the end of soru makes it "your" so it becomes a very loose term soru nedir " what's the problem" to "what is your problem?" (or question) the dir on the end of words emphases it as sort of a fact or definite statement. For example: If Turkish people had the saying, "that is the last straw!" it would sound like, son pipetDIR. It is just emphasizing a statement, that we do with stress of our words, such as Americans always use stress of words instead of actually having a word for it. For example, to define what you are asking a question about in Turkish, depends on the placement of mi? If I ask, "Is THAT GUY from Italy? It would be written as O adam mi italyali? But if I ask, "Is that guy from ITALY?" The question would be written as, O adam italyali mi?

[Tahaozr]

soruN = your question sorun = problem

[ynotsnikwah]

I guess that's because words run together sometimes in Turkish, just as they do in English.

[derPolyglott98]

Was ist der Unterschied zwischen "Soru ne" und "Soru nedir"?

[Mariane584083]

Just read the comment of Orde90 and Ladynurington at the beginning of this discussion.

[LannahDale]

What is the "-dir" suffix for in "ne"?

[MrHilmiNevzat]

In written Turkish as this Duo example it is stressing the importance of the question being asked. "Soru nedir?" In English it means "is." You will encounter these suffixes again on Duo as written Turkish & recognise the correct suffixes to apply.

The Suffixes DIR / DİR / DUR / DÜR / TIR / TİR / TUR / TÜR

Last Vowel Ending / Suffix:

a, I - dır

e, I - dir

o, u - dur

ö, ü - dür

HOWEVER:

If the word ends in one of these consonants:

[f, s, t, k, ç, ş, h, p] the suffixes are tır, tir, tur, tür

[Vladimiros546715]

What is the problem?
Could be also a correct answer?

[mizinamo]

What is the problem? Could be also a correct answer?

Problem - sorun

Question - soru

[Birsenelement]

Soru nedir Neo?
Ne MATRIXBI, Ne MATRIXBI... Trin

[JohnLongin]

Soru nedir and soru nedin with the poor audio are indistinguishable. I believe the latter to correctly ask "Why question?" as in "why question the rules?"

[Clarkie-Toni]

How is 'What question?' different from 'What is the question?' in the context of 'Soru nedir?'

[Mel.ancholia]

Why is "what was the question?" Wrong??

[Mariane584083]

Mel.ancholia, "what was the question?" is wrong because "nedir" = "what is it?" is at the simple present tense. "What was the question? , past tense, would be "Soru nedi?". Have a look there: https://www.turkishexplained.com/tobepos.htm and also on Duolingo Turkish Grammar Portal for the verb to be at the simple present tense: https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/7738500 bu AlexiNotTurkey.

[ALI-THE-BEST]

Hey Selcen_Ozturk are you a Turk

[mizinamo]

She is. But she hasn't been active on Duolingo for several years, so there's no point in trying to contact her here.