"Ayı şekeri yer."

Translation: The bear eats the sugar.

[abh23]

Why can it not be 'the bear eats sugar'?

[SharvaniAtnurkar]

Because the word says şekeri and not şeker

[JamesTWils]

The -i ending is definite, so only for "the."

[Dororo-chan]

If it says just "şeker" you don't use "the" but it says "şeker-i". That means you should use "the".

[alansberlin]

General Comment:

I am an English speaker, and I cannot here the spoken difference between ler and lar. Yer sounds to me like yar. Is it my ear, or is something else? Do native Turkish speakers hear a difference?

[JugderGurr1]

That's because the way of pronouncing E after L is somewhat "relaxed"...not lEr but l'aar. Very soft actually. You can hear it in Teşekkürler, iyi günler etc. Hope that would help

[sawashian]

My native language is Turkish, i cannot understand it too. This pronunciation is awful.

[esramsvs]

I'm Turkish. But it says so wrong, I have to listen in turtle mode. Please, correct it!

[AlexKon777]

Is the i at the end of şekeri being skipped because I can't hear it?

[bikena]

Why is it "A" bear?

[AlexinNotTurkey]

There is no way to tell between specific and general subjects in Turkish :)

[SharvaniAtnurkar]

There is, if the words end with i, like şekeri then add the

[Ilkei]

"The bear" is also acceptable.

[cosmopolita61]

The i is said like an ı in şekeri, which is confusing

[Mischa820971]

What is "null" sugar?

[playatore16]

Ayı şekeri yer

[_Forever4]

Yeminet kızzzzzz

[FARSIOHNN17]

خرس شکر را می خورد.

[UsmanKhan674150]

I did speak almost more than 12 times and lost all of my hearts but it still not correct my answer

[StefaniMarkovic]

"The" is driving me crazy

[MrHilmiNevzat]

Hello StefaniMarkovic

"The" is driving me crazy

"Ayı şekeri yer."
The bear eats the sugar.

The first, "the" is the subject definite article for, "bear" in English because "bear" is a countable noun & needs an article.

The second, "the" is for the definite direct object in the accusative case, "şeker + -i"
because it is actioned by the verb, "yer."

The (accusative) case in Turkish is used to mark specific direct objects.

Please reply if my answer is not clear & I can provide you with some examples.

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Thank you.