Chop a pepper, ask about heat and count peppers for a salad.

The idea

Biber means pepper; acı biber is a hot pepper and dolmalık biber is a pepper for stuffing.

Examples

  • Biberi ince ince doğruyorum.I chop the pepper finely.
  • Biberler pazarda çok taze.The peppers are very fresh at the market.
  • İki biber salata için yeterli.Two peppers are enough for the salad.
  • Bu biber çok acı.This pepper is very hot.
  • Dolmalık biberleri yıkadım.I washed the peppers for stuffing.
  • Çorbaya biraz biber ekledik.We added a little pepper to the soup.

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Watch out

The definite object is biberi, the plural is biberler, but after a number use singular: iki biber.

Try it yourself

  1. Use the specified object form. biber ___ ince ince doğruyorum.

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    biberi

    biberi: add the object suffix to the definite pepper.

  2. Use the plural form. biber ___ pazarda çok taze.

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    biberler

    biberler: the plural suffix is -ler after the last vowel e.

  3. Keep the noun singular after the number. biber İki ___ salata için yeterli.

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    biber

    biber: after iki, the noun stays singular.

Use it today

Describe a pepper at the market and say how many the salad needs.