"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?

[badgerdbm]

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

[Danika_Dakika]

Updated link: http://learnturkish.pgeorgalas.gr/SingularVsPluralSetEn.asp

[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"?

[Danika_Dakika]

The subject is "singers" plural, so the subject needs to be plural as well -- "şarkıcılar."

[Tilo_K]

Do I have to be plural-specific on şarkıcılar? I tried “Şarkıcı ekmek yer.” and it wasn't accepted. What if I want to put a general statement on singers, no matter how many? Something like: “A singer eats bread.”=“Singers eat bread.” – Where the number 1 or plural is of no relevance.

[Parsa9F]

Why not "yerler"?

[Danika_Dakika]

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