Haftalık toplantıya hazırlanıyorum.

I am preparing for the weekly meeting.

Breakdown of Haftalık toplantıya hazırlanıyorum.

• hazırlanmak: to prepare
• toplantı: the meeting
• -ya: to
• haftalık: weekly

Questions & Answers about Haftalık toplantıya hazırlanıyorum.

What does haftalık mean and how is it formed?

haftalık means “weekly.” It’s formed from the noun hafta (“week”) + the adjective-forming suffix -lık. This suffix follows vowel-harmony rules (hafta + lık → haftalık) and turns “week” into “related to a week.”

Why is there a y in toplantıya before the dative -a?

In Turkish the dative case is marked by -a/-e, but when a word ends in a vowel you need a buffer consonant -y- or -n- to avoid two vowels in a row. Since toplantı ends in the vowel ı, we insert y:
toplantı + y + a → toplantıya (“to/for the meeting”).

Why do we use the dative case for “preparing for something” instead of için?

The verb hazırlanmak (“to get ready for”) governs its target in the dative case, not with için. So “I’m preparing for the meeting” becomes toplantıya hazırlanıyorum, literally “I am-getting-ready→meeting.” Adding için would sound redundant here.

Can you break down hazırlanıyorum into its components?

Sure. The verb form hazırlanıyorum consists of:
• hazır (“ready”)
• -la (verb-forming: make/do → hazırl- “prepare”)
• -n (inchoative/reflexive: get-oneself-ready → hazırlan-)
• -ıyor (present-continuous tense → hazırlanıyor-)
• -um (1st-person singular → hazırlanıyorum)
Altogether: “I am getting ready.”

What is the difference between hazırlamak and hazırlanmak?

• hazırlamak is transitive: “to prepare something (an object).”
• hazırlanmak is intransitive/reflexive: “to prepare oneself,” “to get ready (for something).”
Since you’re readying yourself for the meeting, you use hazırlanmak.

Do I need -lık to say “weekly,” or can I just use hafta?

You need -lık (or its harmony variants) to turn hafta (“week”) into an adjective meaning “weekly.” Without it, hafta remains the noun “week.” So always use haftalık toplantı for “weekly meeting.”