"Singers eat bread."

Translation: Şarkıcılar ekmek yer.

[srameg]

I'm a little confused on this one. I put yerler instead of yer and it worked as well, but I'm wondering why yer works when Şarkıcılar is plural?

[kwalijkje]

If you say a plural subject (noun or pronoun) you can often omit the third person plural ending of the verb. For humans.

For non-human subjects you don't use the plural ending of the verb.

At the bottom of the page:

http://turkish.pgeorgalas.gr/SingularVsPluralSetEn.asp

[srameg]

Thank you! This was really helpful!

[Afarin.M.G.]

Thank you so much. That was my question too.

[Zuzulyaa]

Hi. Thanks for sharing. But it says an error 404. Is this page still exists?

[Ektoraskan]

Both are correct. :)

[ShahdOssam]

why can't I say "ekmeği" ?

[AlexinNotTurkey]

That would be a specific direct object and would translate to "the bread" :)

[jimena.alferez]

Can anybody please explain about the etymology of this word? it's hard to remember...

[AlexinNotTurkey]

Which word?

[jimena.alferez]

Singer

[AlexinNotTurkey]

Şarkı is a song. The suffix -CI is often added to words to make professions. So şarkıcı is just a person who makes songs.

[greatscott1502]

Why can't I say "Şarkıcı ekmek yerler"?

[Zuzulyaa]

What a funny sentence