"Misafirler nereye oturacak?"

Translation: Where will the guests sit?

[samania21]

Is oturmak a verb that always takes the dative case? Or is there another reason this is "nereye" instead of "nerede"?

[bramco2]

I was hoping I'd find a definitive answer here, but my guess is that the dative is used because it's talking about the act of sitting [oneself] down (i.e. movement) as opposed to being seated.

[lucaturilli]

Yes, you're right.

[les_ja]

Can this also mean "where will the guests stay?"

[lucaturilli]

That would be 'Misafirler nerede kalacak?'.

[ajpthree]

How do you tell that this isn't saying "Where will he/she seat the guests?"?

[ex_contributor]

that would be "oturtmak" not "oturmak" . Turkish almost always distinguishes between transitive and intransitive verbs.

"Where will he/she seat the guests?": Misafirleri nereye oturtacak?

[ajpthree]

Thanks Selcen! Very clear explanation - have some lingots :D

[BaraaKhalaf]

Notice how Selcen wrote "Misafirler(i)" and not "Misafirler", this is another clue, because in the example she gave, the presence of the accusative marker gives away the state of the word being a definite object.
In the example Duo gave there was no marker, because it's the subject, and subjects don't take markers.

[qamar92843]

Why not oturacaklar???please answer

[Marie_goforit]

misafirLER already indicates plural. So you can omit the -ler suffix on oturacak.

I just read it is only optional when referring to people.

[qamar92843]

Thank you very much. But I have one more question. Why we use onlar,,,,,,,,,, oturacaklar??

[Todd940413]

Thanks for waiting, qamar! Why do we use "onlar,,,,,,,,,, oturacaklar"? This looks like another situation where the final "lar" is optional, though I remember reading in the TIPS that it's "only optional for humans." Personally, I tend to leave these plural endings off of verbs, as long as something else makes clear that the subject is plural.

[venatio]

"Misafiler nerede oturacak?" = Where will the guests be seated/be sitting?

Is that correct?

[lucaturilli]

That would be 'Misafirler nerede oturuyor olacak?'.

'Misafirler nerede oturacak?' would be 'Where will the guests sit?' again. But here 'sit' would be in the stative form whereas in the given sentence it is in the dynamic form. Same rule applies to the Turkish versions. To be clear, 'to be seated/be sitting' could be used.

[Marie_goforit]

Thank you! :)

[lucaturilli]

My pleasure

[DarynKJohn]

what's customer in Turkish? I though that was misafir as well as guest

[lucaturilli]

No, customer would be 'müşteri'.

[Hephaestus1999]

Why is this in the Lative/Dative case?

[SabineBergmann1]

It is explained above. Dativ case is used when they are not yet sitting. It is dynamic. Locative is used when they are already sitting. It is static.