"A group of people is going to that hotel."
Translation:Bir grup insan şu otele gidiyor.
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Can someone explain the "grup insan" construction? It's unlike any other I've seen in Turkish.
Bir kilo peynir - 1 kg of cheese
bir bardak şarap - a glass of wine
bir şişe bira - a bottle of beer
bir grup insan - a group of people
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I might have missed something then, but could you please explain why we don't use the accusative in this case?
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There is no accusative case in this sentence. 'otele' is the dative case.
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Okay in that case it is like another construction I've seen - thanks!
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The comments to these sentences have detailed explanations of this construction and why a noun compound is not used here:
https://www.duolingo.com/comment/8001709
https://www.duolingo.com/comment/12012604
https://www.duolingo.com/comment/11288812
I think it would be wrong. Because the subject is "a group (of people)". It's one group, it's singular, so I don't think we would say "gidiyorlar". I don't know though, I'm not a native Turkish speaker.
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The problem is that birey means an individual, not people. Otherwise the sentence is correct.
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No, in Turkish, wherever (well, almost wherever) there is a word in front of a noun that makes clear you are dealing with the plural version of that word, the word itself must remain in the singular. So: bir grup insan, 24 insan, birkac cocuk.
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The English translation should be, "A group of people are going to that hotel". English breaks it's own rules.
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I guess the sentence is okay, as it is: 'a group (consisting of people) is going ...'
