"In the west, turtles eat lemons."

Translation: Batıda kaplumbağalar limon yer.

[MoDan11]

If it is "in THE west" why is it batida, not batisinda?

[JuliaLowe1]

Why is it incorrect to make lemons plural here? I put limonları...

[sainio]

"Limonları" would make it "turtles eat the lemons" -- that is, they'd have to be particular lemons. If we're just talking about lemons in general, the object doesn't get the plural or accusative endings.

[TinDefacto]

Ah, cultural differences.

[egle394590]

Why yer and not yerler?

[AlexinNotTurkey]

If you have the plural marker on the subject (e.g. kaplumbağalar) you do not have to include -lAr on the suffix.

[Juanda-Nie1]

Why don't we use the accusative for "limon"? And if so, would it be "limonu"? Thanks!

[CatharineD876271]

Why is limonlar wrong?

[TinDefacto]

Good question -- when using the Aorist verb form (which you use for habitual actions like this one, e.g. "yer", "okur" etc.), any direct objects are understood to be plural (unless it has "bir" in front of it). :)

[Edgemade]

I don't understand...
Why sometimes you write the plural and sometimes not ?

Like "kaplumbağalar" why not just "kaplumbağa" , did i miss a rule or something ?