Count eggs in a carton, describe cracking one into a bowl and ask whether a cake contains egg.

The idea

Yumurta means egg. Use yumurtayı for a specific egg as an object: a linking y separates the final a and -ı. The plural is yumurtalar, but after a number say altı yumurta.

Examples

  • Yumurtayı küçük bir kâseye kırıyorum.I am cracking the egg into a small bowl.
  • Kutuda altı yumurta var.There are six eggs in the carton.
  • Yumurtalar buzdolabının üst rafında.The eggs are on the top shelf of the fridge.
  • Kahvaltıda haşlanmış yumurta istiyorum.I would like a boiled egg for breakfast.
  • Yumurtanın kabuğu çatlak.The eggshell is cracked.
  • Bu kekte yumurta var mı?Does this cake contain egg?

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Watch out

Do not copy the plural from English “six eggs” into altı yumurta. Haşlanmış yumurta says boiled egg without specifying how firm the yolk is.

Try it yourself

  1. Use the specified object form. yumurta ___ küçük bir kâseye kırıyorum.

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    yumurtayı

    yumurtayı: linking y joins the vowel-final noun to object -ı.

  2. Use the plural form. yumurta ___ buzdolabının üst rafında.

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    yumurtalar

    yumurtalar: plural -lar follows the final back vowel a.

  3. Keep the noun singular after the number. yumurta Kutuda altı ___ var.

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    yumurta

    yumurta: after altı, the noun remains singular.

Use it today

Write a breakfast request and a question about whether a cake contains egg.