Üniversiteden beri bu şehri çok seviyorum.

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Breakdown of Üniversiteden beri bu şehri çok seviyorum.

• bu: this
• sevmek: to love
• şehir: the city

Questions & Answers about Üniversiteden beri bu şehri çok seviyorum.

What does the phrase Üniversiteden beri mean, and how is it constructed?

Üniversiteden beri literally translates as “since university.” It’s built from:

• Üniversite (“university”)
• the ablative case suffix -den (“from”)
• the postposition beri (“since”)
  Together they mean “from (the time of) university” → “since university.”

Why is Üniversite in the ablative case (Üniversiteden) rather than the nominative?

The postposition beri requires its preceding noun to be in the ablative case. In Turkish, whenever you say “since X,” you put -den/-dan on X and add beri. Without the ablative -den, beri cannot attach.

What exactly does the word beri do in this sentence?

Beri is a time postposition meaning “since.” It indicates that the action or state has continued from a certain point in time up to now. Here, it shows your loving this city started at university and still goes on.

Why is the direct object bu şehir marked with the accusative case (bu şehri)?