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dır vs dırlar
1.       HaydiDeer
41 posts
 27 Jun 2023 Tue 01:15 pm

Herkese merhaba,

Which one is more preferable in Turkish?

Yıldızlar genelde sarı
Yıldızlar genelde sardır

Yıldızlar genelde sardırlar


And on a related note, do we ever use dırlar in Turkish and if so, when?

2.       Hoppi
22 posts
 27 Jun 2023 Tue 02:45 pm

 

Quoting HaydiDeer

Herkese merhaba,

Which one is more preferable in Turkish?

Yıldızlar genelde sarı
Yıldızlar genelde sardır

Yıldızlar genelde sardırlar


And on a related note, do we ever use dırlar in Turkish and if so, when?

 

Yıldızlar genelde sarıdırlar - This is OK but

Yıldızlar genelde sarıdır - This one is preferred because it´s one syllable shorter.

 

The first one can be thought of as

(I think/In my opinion) ...

 

The second and third one is like

(I inform you that/Be informed that) ...

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3.       HaydiDeer
41 posts
 27 Jun 2023 Tue 10:16 pm

Thank you very much for the clarification!

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