Breakdown of Fuar ziyaretinde yeni ürünlerin tanıtımı için standımızı kurduk.
yeni
new
bizim
our
kurmak
to set up
için
for
-de
in
ürün
the product
fuar
the trade fair
ziyaret
the visit
tanıtım
the introduction
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Questions & Answers about Fuar ziyaretinde yeni ürünlerin tanıtımı için standımızı kurduk.
What does Fuar ziyaretinde mean and how do its suffixes work?
Break it down: Fuar = fair, ziyaret = visit. Then -in is the genitive suffix (“of the visit”), and -de is the locative suffix (“at/during”). So Fuar ziyaretinde literally means “at/during the visit of the fair,” i.e. “during the trade fair visit.”
Why is the locative suffix -de (written “-de”) instead of -da in ziyaretinde?
Turkish locative uses vowel harmony. Since ziyaret contains front vowel e, the suffix is -de (front vowel version) rather than -da (back vowel version). Also, it becomes -nde because of the linking consonant “n” from the genitive plus locative.
How does yeni ürünlerin tanıtımı için translate word-for-word?
- yeni = new
- ürünlerin = products + plural -ler
- genitive -in (“of the products”)
- tanıtım = introduction/promotion
- -ı = 3rd-person-singular possessive (“their introduction”)
- için = for
Altogether: “for the introduction/promotion of the new products.”
Why do we need both genitive -in on ürünlerin and possessive -ı on tanıtımı?
This is the genitive–possessive construction: ürünlerin tanıtımı means “the promotion/introduction of the products.” The products “own” the promotion, so the noun ürünler takes genitive, and tanıtım takes the matching possessive.
Why is standımızı marked with the accusative suffix -ı?
Because standımız (our stand) is a definite direct object (“the stand we set up”) and Turkish marks definite objects with the accusative -ı (or -i, -u, -ü via vowel harmony).
What does kurduk mean, and what tense/person is it?
The verb root is kur- (to set up). The past tense suffix is -du (harmonized as -du because of the vowel u in kur), and -k marks first-person plural. So kurduk = “we set up.”
How is the word order arranged in this sentence, and is it flexible?
Turkish tends to follow [time/place/purpose] + object + verb, yielding:
- Fuar ziyaretinde (time/place)
- yeni ürünlerin tanıtımı için (purpose)
- standımızı (object)
- kurduk (verb)
You can rearrange elements for emphasis, but the verb usually comes last.
How do you pronounce the undotted ı in kurduk or standımızı, and how is it different from i?
The letter ı is a close back unrounded vowel (“uh”-like). It’s different from the dotted i, a front “ee” sound. So kurduk sounds like “koor-dook,” and standımızı like “stan-duh-muh-zuh.”