oturuyorlar

Oturuyorlar is the third-person plural form of the Turkish verb oturmak in the present continuous tense. It typically translates as “they are sitting,” but depending on context it can also convey “they reside/live in a place,” since oturmak has both senses: to sit and to reside.

Formation notes: Turkish verbs are built with suffixes that indicate both tense and person. The stem otur- takes the present continuous suffix -iyor, with vowel harmony forming oturuyor-, and the personal ending -lar signals third-person plural. The complete set for present continuous is: oturuyorum, oturuyorsun, oturuyor, oturuyoruz, oturuyorsunuz, oturuyorlar. In normal usage, an explicit subject pronoun is often omitted because the suffix already marks the subject.

Usage and examples: The form describes an ongoing action or a temporary state. Example: Onlar oturuyorlar. (They are sitting.) Bu şehirde oturuyorlar. (They are living in this city / They live in this city at the moment.) The same form can express a habitual or current residence context, depending on the sentence.

Notes: The verb oturmak has two main meanings—to sit and to reside. The present continuous form oturuyorlar is flexible and can refer to a physical act of sitting or a temporary/ongoing residential situation, with the exact meaning clarified by surrounding words and context. Related forms include oturuyorum, oturuyorsun, oturuyoruz, oturuyorsunuz, and oturuyorlar.