"You are children."
Translation:Siz çocuksunuz.
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leen, in "siz çocuksunuz", you have the personal pronoun "siz"="you", plural, so "you are children". If "sen çocuksun", "sen" personal pronoun sigular, so "you are a child". Have a look there about pronouns topic: https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/7736569. Have a sweet new year!
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Children çoğul olduğu için "you" çoğul olmuş. "Sen çocuksunuz" olmaz, o yüzden "Siz çocuksunuz" olmuş.
"turlar" is the conjugation for "they".
I see German on your profile, so if we compare it to German, that's like saying: "ihr sind Kinder".
"lar" is the ending for they not for you. In English it is the same form: They are children and You are children, but not in Turkish and German. In English it would be you they are children, I think.
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Er hat nur erklärt, warum es falsch wäre und dafür diesen (bewusst fehlerhaften) Vergleich zu Hilfe genommen.
5 years ago... have you succeeded in Turkish? How much does duolingo can teach?
I'm guessing siz çocuklarsınız" makes no sense because the siz* implies that it's plural, correct?
I initially thought -sunuz should be the right ending but checked the word which said çocukturlar, so I thought that must be right, but it was wrong. Lol Watch out, they sometimes try to trip you up. Always think of the correct conjugation as opposed to just writing the word translated as is. ;)
I got it !
Children is plural!
So we should write it as plural: "You are children" = "siz çocuksunuz"
In singular form: " you are child " = sen çocuksun.✌
Because you need to represent the 'to be' verb somewhere: in the suffix 'sunuz'
ChazWozza, with "çocuklar" it would be " çocuklarSINIZ" as explains Yomalyn in his comment above.
One of the multiple choice options was : Siz küçükeklemeyinzatensıfatlardavar.
Can anyone translate that for me?
"küçükeklemeyinzatensıfatlardavar" is actually multiple words.
" küçük eklemeyin, zaten sıfatlar da var." -- "Do not add "small," there are already adjectives as well." is a fine translation of that
In this case, "siz" is not a formal "you"; it's a plural "you" because we're talking to several children.
You can use the plural suffix on the noun here as well. It is not only for third person, contrary to what others have said, but it is redundant.
Note that adding the -lar changes the vowel: çocuklarsınız
Satish974350
Hello
"You are children." Translation: Siz çocuksunuz.
Then why not siz çocuklarsunuz is correct?
You are trying to say: "They are" instead of "You are" in Turkish.
Thank you.
Hello Mariane
"They are children" would be " Onlar çocuklar"?
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"Onlar çocuk" - They are children. The noun already has a plural marker "-lar" & both are correct answers.
Hello Hilmi! May i say that "siz çocuklarsunuz" is not correct because "çocuk" is treated as an adjective suffixed as a verb, for "to be", here "you are", plural.? In Turkish, adjective aren't always singular? Do i remember well? Have a sweety new year, Hilmi!
Hello Mariane
Happy New Year - Yeni Yılın Kutlu Olsun.
"They are children" would be "Onlar çocuklar."
The double plural is correct & refers to lots of children.
Did anyone see the third decision or any decision i think it's a glitch or something (küçükeklemeyinzatensıfatlardavar)
- Sen çocuksun = You are a child.
- Siz çocuksunuz = You are children.
"Sen" can only be used when talking to one person that you are familiar with or is younger than you. So it would be the correct choice if you're talking to one child only.
"Siz" can be respectful singular, but it is also used for ANY groups of people... any age, any familiarity. :-)
Yomalyn, may i say that in the Turkish sentence, "çocuk" is treated as an adjective, suffixed as a verb, for "to be"? Have a nice new year, Yomalyn!
Why "Sen çocuklarsın" is not accepded?
Sen = you, çocuklar = children, are = -sın (because of lAr)
rewqaxz, it is not accepted because "SEN" and çocukLAR are antinomic. You use "SEN" when you speak to one person and "LAR" when you speak to/about several persons. So "sen çocuksin"="you are a child" and "onlar çocuklar"="they are children".
Why not "siz çocuktur" !? And when to use (çocuk+tur) or (çocuk+sun/sunuz/um/...) ?!
-tur is only used in the third person. Siz çocuktur is kind of like saying “You is a child”.
Sen çocuksun = You’re a child.
Siz çocuksunuz = You’re children.
O çocuk(tur) = S/he is a child.
Plzz tell me when to use çocuksun and çocuksunuz and can it be written as sen çocuksun
Moeza, "SEN çocukSUN"= "you are a child". "SIZ çocukSUNUZ"="you are children".
What is the meaning of sunuz (çocuksunuz) it says children but y nt çocuklar m confused can someone explain me
Amatul, "sunuz" is the suffix for the second person plural of a verb. "sunuz" is the equivalent of, means "you are". The same as in "okur-sunuz"="we read".
Anuu, plesae read AlexinNotTurkey's comment above. He answers to the same question as yours. Thanks.
Hello moonlight
What can't i say sen çocuksun!?
You are a child --> çocuksun.
You are children --> çocuksunuz.
-sun 2nd person singular.
-sunuz 2nd person plural.
Thank you.
Why sen cocuksun is wrong? In english we can not find out you are talking about more than one person Please correct the answer
fatemajabb, we have to translate "you are CHILDREN" ans not "you are a CHILD". "YOU" subject and "CHILDREN"( attribute of the subject "you") are plural > in Turkish "çocuksunuz, " not "çocuksun". Will you get it?
How can i know that Duo's mean is singular or plural?! How can i understand?!