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Questions & Answers about Oyuncu kadrosu bugün açıklandı.
Why is it kadrosu and not just kadro?
Because oyuncu kadrosu is a very common Turkish noun compound.
- oyuncu = actor / player
- kadro = staff, squad, lineup, cast
- oyuncu kadrosu = the cast / cast lineup
In Turkish, when one noun modifies another noun like this, the second noun often takes a 3rd person possessive ending. Here that ending is -su:
- kadro → kadrosu
So this does not necessarily mean his/her cast. In this structure, it is just part of how Turkish builds compounds.
A few similar examples:
- okul kapısı = the school door
- film müziği = film music / the music of the film
- oyuncu kadrosu = cast
So kadrosu here is best understood as part of the fixed expression oyuncu kadrosu.
Why is oyuncu singular? Shouldn’t it be something like oyuncular if the cast contains many actors?