Breakdown of Parşömende sayı kilidinin kodu yazıyordu.
yazmak
to write
kod
a code
parşömen
a parchment; scroll
sayı kilidi
a combination lock (numbers)
Questions & Answers about Parşömende sayı kilidinin kodu yazıyordu.
What does parşömende mean, and how is it formed?
It is parşömen + -de.
- parşömen = parchment
- -de = the locative case, meaning in / on / at
So parşömende means on the parchment in this sentence.
Why is the ending -de here and not -da, -te, or -ta?
This suffix changes form because of vowel harmony and consonant voicing.
The locative has four common forms:
- -de
- -da
- -te
- -ta
Why -de?
- The last vowel in parşömen is e, so it needs the front-vowel version: -de / -te
- The word ends in n, which is voiced, so Turkish uses d, not t
That gives parşömende.
What kind of structure is sayı kilidi?