Herkes yeni kralı alkışladı.

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Breakdown of Herkes yeni kralı alkışladı.

• herkes: everyone
• alkışlamak: to applaud
• kral: a king

Questions & Answers about Herkes yeni kralı alkışladı.

Why is kralı written with -ı at the end?

Because kralı is the direct object of the sentence, and in Turkish a specific/definite direct object usually takes the accusative ending.

• kral = king
• kralı = the king / the specific king as the object

So:

• Herkes yeni kralı alkışladı. = everyone applauded the new king

If you removed the accusative ending, yeni kral would sound less definite and would not fit this sentence as naturally.

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Why doesn’t yeni change form?

Because Turkish adjectives do not agree with the noun in number, gender, or case.

So:

• yeni kral = new king
• yeni kralı = the new king (object form)

Only the noun changes here, not the adjective:

• yeni stays yeni
• kral becomes kralı

This is much simpler than in many European languages.

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Why is the verb alkışladı singular even though herkes means more than one person?