Mutfakta mikser ile blender sırayla kullanılarak lezzetli bir çorba yapıldı.

(A delicious soup was made in the kitchen by using the mixer and the blender in succession.)

Breakdown of Mutfakta mikser ile blender sırayla kullanılarak lezzetli bir çorba yapıldı.

• bir: a
• lezzetli: delicious
• mutfak: the kitchen
• ile: with
• çorba: the soup
• -ta: in
• kullanılmak: to be used
• mikser: the mixer
• blender: the blender
• sırayla: in succession
• yapılmak: to be made

Questions & Answers about Mutfakta mikser ile blender sırayla kullanılarak lezzetli bir çorba yapıldı.

Why is Mutfakta marked with -ta?

• -ta/-te is the locative case ending in Turkish.
• It indicates the place where something happens.
• Mutfak (kitchen) + -ta = Mutfakta (“in the kitchen”).

Why are mikser and blender connected with ile instead of ve?

• ile can mean both “with” (instrumental) and “and.”
• Here it marks the tools used (“with a mixer and a blender”).
• ve is simply “and” and does not by itself show the instrumental sense.
• You could also say mikser ve blender kullanılarak, but then you rely on kullanılarak to express “by using.”

Why is ile used only once for two nouns? Could we repeat it?

• It’s more natural to apply ile once to a list of instruments.
• Alternatives:
  • Attach the instrumental suffix -le to each noun: mikserle ve blenderle.
  • Repeat ile (less common): mikser ile blender ile.
• All forms are grammatically correct, but mikser ile blender is the most concise.

What does sırayla mean and why is it placed before kullanılarak?

• sırayla = “in turn,” “one after another.”
• It’s an adverb modifying kullanılarak, specifying how the tools were used.
• Order in Turkish: adverbial phrases often precede the verb or verbal participle they modify.

How is kullanılarak formed and what is its function?

• Root kullan- (“to use”) + passive suffix -ıl- → kullanıl-
• Add the gerundial/adverbial suffix -arak → kullanılarak (“by being used” or “by using” in passive sense).
• Function: an adverbial participle expressing means or method.

Why is yapıldı in the passive voice and how is it built?

• yap- = “to do/make”
• Passive suffix -ıl- → yapıl- (“to be made”)
• Past tense suffix -dı → yapıldı (“it was made”)
• Passive is used to focus on the result (the soup) rather than the cook.

How would you express the same idea in active voice?

You’d need a subject (explicit or implicit):

• (Şef/mutfak görevlisi) mutfakta mikser ile blender sırayla kullanarak lezzetli bir çorba yaptı.
• Here yaptı is active past (“he/she made”).

Why is there a bir before çorba? Can it be omitted?

• bir serves as the indefinite article “a.”
• lezzetli bir çorba = “a delicious soup.”
• Turkish does not require bir, so lezzetli çorba yapıldı is also correct but slightly less specific.

Why does the main verb yapıldı come at the end of the sentence?

• Turkish generally follows Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) order.
• Adverbials and participles (like Mutfakta, mikser ile blender…, sırayla, kullanılarak) precede the main verb.
• The (omitted) subject in passive sentences often isn’t mentioned at all.