"I read you a book."
Translation:Ben sana bir kitap okurum.
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For anyone confused here, "size" is plural, "sana" is singular. So they are both correct in this translation as English does not differentiate between "you" and "ya'll" unless using some form of slang or contextual clues
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Is it a rule in Turkish to use dative pronoun before object? I wrote in one sentence before "Ben bir kitap sana okurum" and it was incorrect. And correct solution was "Ben sana bir kitap okurum".
There is a rule that general direct objects must some directly before the verb :) That is the issue
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Okurum means "I read" as in present tense - I read a book every afternoon. Okudum mean "I read" as in the past tense - I read that book last week.
I hope somebody will correct me if I'm wrong!
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that sentence makes no sense in Turkish. As I explained above, here "you" is an indirect object and has to be in the dative case.
So if "size" is correct, then can it be "Kitap size okurum"? In which case, why is that marked as incorrect?
General direct objects must come directly before the verb :)
You can almost always omit subject pronouns. They exception is when you have multiple subject in one sentence (i.e. I am studying and she is working) :)
The accusative is for specific direct objects. "a book" is general, not specific. :)
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So if the book could be this one or that one, and I'm just not specifying which, it is considered general? Or does the inclusion of bir always make it general? That doesn't seem right either. Can you give me an example when a noun using bir would be specific and accusative?
In most contexts, including "bir" makes it general (you are talking about some book, not a specific one). If you are talking about one book from a specific set of books, you would use both "bir" and the accusative, but this is a much lesson common situation :) Good observation though!