"Soru sormuyoruz."

Translation: We are not asking questions.

[babbeloergosum]

Is "We are not asking the question" (singular) wrong?

If so, why? :)

[sainio]

I think it could be "we're not asking a question." But the "the" in English makes the noun specific: it's not just questions in general, anymore, but a specific question. And in Turkish, once a direct object (in this case, the question) is specific, it needs an accusative ending. So "we are not asking the question" would be "Soruyu sormuyoruz."

[jzlcdh]

So maybe "We are not asking the questions." should be marked wrong? It is marked right at present.

[Sayel.Abbadi]

Doğru.

[Kastamonu374]

Soru=question soruyu=the question

[deactivated user]

why is it 'soru' and and 'sorular'?

[AlexinNotTurkey]

General direct objects do not get the plural suffix unless proceeded by an adjective.

[MrHilmiNevzat]

"Soru sormuyoruz."
Translation: We are not asking questions.

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We are not asking a question.

Correct other English answer accepted by Duo.

[PauletteLe5]

Google translated this as we do not ask questions

[Yomalyn]

Just a friendly warning: Google translate is very bad with Turkish grammar. Even individual words don't always work out the way we want. ("Adamlar" sometimes comes out as "the Adams", haha!) It's a great resource in life, but not to be fully trusted. :-)

If we Google translate the opposite way, "we are not asking questions", it also comes out as "soru sormuyoruz". Google sees both of these as the same. However, simple present /aorist tense ("we don't ask questions") would be "soru sormayız".

If you know the name of the tense you want, you can always confirm what Google tells you with a site like Verbix.

[sporks5000]

How would one instead say "The question we are not asking"

[Danika_Dakika]

I think you'd need a relative clause with an object participle -- maybe this would work?
bizim sormadığımız soru = our that-we-are-not-asking question

And then you can use it as a subject or an object:

The question we are not asking is stopping us.
Bizim sormadığımız soru bizi durduruyor.

She wants to know the question we are not asking.
O bizim sormadığımız soruyu bilmek istiyor.

[salihkurtdereli]

We are not asking questions-> Sorular sormuyoruz.

We are not asking question-> Soru sormuyoruz.

We are not asking the question -> Soruyu sormuyoruz.

[Danika_Dakika]

In English, you cannot say "we are not asking question" - you need an article or a plural (or both). Your options are:

We are not asking questions-> Sorular Soru sormuyoruz.
We are not asking question-> Soru sormuyoruz.
We are not asking the question -> Soruyu sormuyoruz.

We are not asking a question -> Bir soru sormuyoruz.
We are not asking the questions -> Soruları sormuyoruz.

[Kastamonu374]

Neden cogul burada ?

[Yomalyn]

İngilizece cevap burada

Türkçe konuşanlar için İngilizce kursından (burada):

Diller birbirine birebir çevrilemediği gibi, çoğulluk-tekillik de her zaman çevrilemez. Genel ifadelerde Türkçede tekil, İngilizcede ise çoğul kullanıyoruz. Örnek vermek gerekirse, Türkçede Adamlar elmalar yer(ler) diye bir cümle olmaz, genel olarak adamların elma yediğini belirtmek için Adamlar elma yer(ler) deriz. İngilizcede ise bu tip genel ifadeler için çoğul kullanılır: The men eat apples şeklinde.