"Is there a cinema near here?"

[bramco2]

Why isn't "Buraya yakın sinema var mı?" accepted?

[emredeniz07]

Pay attention to the "a" character

[mizinamo]

Can't the "bir" be omitted in a sentence like this?

I thought that a noun (without an adjective) as the subject of a sentence could be "noun", "a noun", or "the noun".

So "Köpeğim var" could mean "I have a dog", for example - and "Buraya yakın sinema var" could mean, I think, "There is a cinema near here".

[AlexinNotTurkey]

Nope, "A (adj.) (noun)" requires "bir." If you ever have a general noun with an adjective, you will have "bir"

[mizinamo]

Ah, so even my second guess was wrong!

So it's "buraya yakın bir sinema" (a cinema that is close to here) + "var mı?", then?

Thanks!

[AlexinNotTurkey]

Exactly :) If only there were a way that I could easily post some syntax trees here :D

[mizinamo]

Ah. I had interpreted "yakın" as an adverb here -- "Buraya yakın" (near here) "sinema var mı" (is there a cinema?).

So this is "Buraya" (here) "yakın bir sinema var mı" (is there a close cinema?) instead?

[AlexinNotTurkey]

"buraya yakın"is an adjective phrase, not an adverb phrase. That may be what is tripping you up.

[Dysqui]

Actually, yes you can omit it. Due to the recent influence of English over Turkish we have started to use "bir" more frequently. But it's not necessary. Native speaker here.

[daadaadaaren]

why is it buraya but not burada

[mizinamo]

-e yakın = close to.

So, buraya yakın = close to here, near here.

[KianSwami]

Is bu yakınlarda wrong here?

[g_ze]

"Bu yakınlarda sinema var mı?" could be better translated as "Is there a cinema around here?"

[SabineBergmann1]

I used "burada" instead of "buraya" and have been corrected to "Buralarda bir sinema var mi".

[hammad2938]

Is buradan yakin acceptable? Or benden yakin?

[AlexinNotTurkey]

Nope..."yakın" takes the dative case

[Pooja110623]

why ıs Buraya yakın bir sinema var mı wrong

[Bra733423]

True