nesneleridir
Nesneleridir is a Turkish grammatical form that translates roughly as “they are objects.” It is built from nesne (object) with the plural suffix -ler and the copular suffix -dir, which corresponds to the English “are” in present tense. The form is used in predicative clauses to identify or classify a subject group as objects rather than to mark a direct object in a sentence. In standard Turkish, the -dir copula is common in formal or written language; in everyday speech it is often omitted.
Morphology and usage: Nesne + -ler + -dir yields nesneleridir. The subject of the clause is typically a
- Bu eşyalar nesneleridir. (These items are objects.)
- Görülen örnekler nesneleridir. (The shown examples are objects.)
Relation to other Turkish grammar: Nesne refers to the syntactic role of the affected element in a
See also: Turkish grammar, copula in Turkish, predication.
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