Bu ekipte iş yükü ağır.

this

Breakdown of Bu ekipte iş yükü ağır.

• ekip: the team
• ağır: heavy
• iş yükü: workload

Questions & Answers about Bu ekipte iş yükü ağır.

What does ekipte mean, and what does the -te ending do?

Ekip means team. The ending -de / -da / -te / -ta is the locative suffix, which often means in, on, at.

So:

• ekip = team
• ekipte = in the team / on the team

In this sentence, Bu ekipte means in this team or more naturally in English, on this team.

Why is it ekipte, not ekipde?

This is because of a sound rule.

The locative suffix has four common forms:

• -de
• -da
• -te
• -ta

The vowel changes by vowel harmony, and the d/t changes by consonant harmony.

Since ekip ends in p, which is a voiceless consonant, the suffix uses t, not d:

• ekip + te → ekipte

Also, the vowel is e because ekip has front vowels, so -te is the correct form.

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