Word
Yeni tarife bugün başladı.
Meaning
The new tariff started today.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Yeni tarife bugün başladı.
bugün
today
yeni
new
başlamak
to start
tarife
a tariff; a rate schedule
Questions & Answers about Yeni tarife bugün başladı.
Is tarife here the basic form of the noun, or is the -e a case ending?
It is the basic form of the noun.
The word is tarife, not tarif. So in this sentence, yeni tarife is the subject: the new tariff / rate plan / schedule.
That is important because an English speaker might assume -e means dative to. But if it were dative, it would be tarifeye. If it were definite accusative, it would be tarifeyi.
So:
- tarife = the noun itself
- tarifeye = to the tariff
- tarifeyi = the tariff as a definite object
What does başladı mean, and how is it formed?
Başladı means started or began.
It comes from the verb başlamak = to start / to begin.
Formation:
- verb stem: başla-
- past tense suffix: -dı
- result: başladı
This is the simple past in Turkish. Because the subject is third-person singular, there is no extra personal ending after the past marker here.
Why is there no word for the in Turkish?