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"There is a pool at the beach."
Translation:Kumsalda havuz var.
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Are "kumsal" and "plaj" interchangeable? Is one more common? I had never heard "kumsal" before Duolingo, but last summer in Turkey I heard "plaj" used all the time. Just curious.
Why? I think I've noticed kind of a trend where the location is put in the front of the sentence, just as the verb (if present) goes in the back, is this correct?
"var" is literally questioning the existence of sometime. The thing whose existence you are questions must come directly before "var." :)
Ahhhhh, and since this is a 3 word sentence, it puts the kumsalda in the front. Gotcha.
What if it were the location being questioned in this case? For example.... Havuz kumsalda veya kalede var? Would that be possible?
Then you do not need "var" because you are no longer questioning the existence of it, just the location :). It would be "Havuz kumsalda mı, kalede mi?"
Why "kumsalida" is incorrect? I mean "i" after kumal seems necessary to declare "the" beach
SamSteelson, "kumsalda" is an advervial phrase of place, not a direct definite object. There is no transitive verb in this sentence. You don't use the accusative case each time you have "the" in the English sentence. "The" in Turkish does not exist: it is marked by the accusative suffix "i", "ı", 'u' and "ü".
Started, i am not sure...."kumsalda havuzdir" literaly means "on the beach, it is a pool". It would work if, in the whole world, there is a pool on each beach.
WeirdoNextDoor, in the English sentence we have "AT the beach" so, in Turkish "kumsalDA", "kumsal "at locative case.
