I´ve been practicing making simple sentences in Turkish. Will someone correct them for me if there are mistakes? It would be of great help so I can see and correct my errors. (:

Nasýldý tatilin?  -  I would say: "Tatilin nasýldý?"

How was your vacation/holiday?

Sýcak kahve var mý?

Is there hot coffee?

Taze salam yok mu?

Isn´t there fresh salami?

Kara biber yok mu?

Isn´t there black pepper?

Bunlar Türk erkek çocuklarý çok uzun. 

Boy = erkek çocuk/oðlan

These Turkish boys are very tall.

Þunlar araba(lar) yavaþ.

Those cars are slow.

Bunlar biber(ler) taze mi?

Are these peppers fresh?

Çay soðuk(tur).  

The tea is cold.

Thanks a bunch! Çok teþekkürler! (:

thanks Melek! Will you explain to me this sentence

Bunlar Türk erkek çocuklarý çok uzun. I don´t understandwhy çocuklar has the ´Ã½´ at the end. çok saol. (:

I´ve been practicing making simple sentences in Turkish. Will someone correct them for me if there are mistakes? It would be of great help so I can see and correct my errors. (:

Nasýldý tatilin?

How was your vacation/holiday?

Sýcak kahve var mý?

Is there hot coffee?

Taze salam yok mu?

Isn´t there fresh salami?

Kara biber yok mu?

Isn´t there black pepper?

Bu Türk erkek çocuklarý çok uzun.

These Turkish boys are very tall.

Þu arabalar yavaþ.

Those cars are slow.

Bu biberler taze mi?

Are these peppers fresh?

Çay soðuk(tur).

The tea is cold.

Thanks a bunch! Çok teþekkürler! (:

In Turkish you cannot make double plural,

i.e.:

These cars are slow = Bu arabalar yavaþ

These are slow = bunlar yavaþ

thanks Melek! Will you explain to me this sentence

Bunlar Türk erkek çocuklarý çok uzun. I don´t understandwhy çocuklar has the ´Ã½´ at the end. çok saol. (:

This is how I understand it (I´m a learner as well):

In English when you use one noun to describe another noun, it´s pretty simple, you pretty much juxtapose the 2 nouns, for example: telephone number, orange juice, weather report, etc.

In Turkish, when you do that, you need to use what is called "izafet" construction, which is the first noun in nominative case (no ending) and the second noun in accusative case (with -i ending), so for example:

That´s not accusative, it´s possesive suffix for 3rd sing. person (=her/his/its).

"telephone number" becomes "telefon numara-s-ý" (s is the buffer letter)

If you add accusative suffix it would be "telefon numara-sý-ný"

It may sound weird but when you say his/her telephone number it´s still the same

his telephone number = (onun) telefon numarasý

Elif´s telephone number = Elif´in telefon numarasý

Test it with 1st sing person for example

My telephone number = (benim) telefon numara-m (-sý is gone)

and it would be "telefon numara-m-ý" when accusative suffix is added.

It is confusing for learners because they are similar in many cases.

"orange juice" becomes "portokal su-y-u" (y is the buffer letter)

Actually y is not buffer letter it is because it was "suw" in old times

suy-u < suw-u

and it has become su (<suy<suw)  when there is no suffix after it

"weather report" becomes "hava rapor-u"

Now Türk is a noun that is being used as an adjective (which is different from English, in English Turkish is an adjective, however in Turkish - Türk is a noun), so the 2nd noun it describes needs to be in accusative case, so therefore you have:

Türk lirasý - Turkish lira

Türk halýsý - Turkish carpet

Türk çocuklarý - Turkish children

That´s how I understand it, hopefully others can expand on it if needed.

Add:

I was checking the lessons on this site and found this one that has some additional explanations about it (under noun clauses):

http://www.turkishclass.com/turkish_lesson_68

I have a follow up question about that.

I´ve seen (for example in "Teach Yourself Beginner´s Turkish") bunlar and þunlar with plural nouns, for example in one dialogue one person was pointing out to things saying: "... bunlar tuvaletlar, þunlar duþlar, o da bizim köpek ...".

Is it ok to use double plurals when you say "these are ..." or "those are ..."?

Which is more correct or common in usage for, let´s say "these are cars"? "Bunlar arabalar." or "Bunlar araba."?

Also, I think to ask "What are these?" one would use "Bunlar ne?". Is it also ok to say "Bu neler?"

Thank you.