Questions & Answers about Kafede sıcak çay sunuluyor.
What does kafede mean, and which case is the -de suffix indicating?
“kafede” is made up of the noun kafe plus the locative case suffix -de, literally meaning “at the café.” The locative answers “where?” and is used to mark a location.
Why isn’t sıcak çay marked with the accusative suffix -ı (i.e. why not sıcak çayı)?
In Turkish, definite direct objects in active sentences take the accusative (e.g. sıcak çayı). But in a passive construction, the original object becomes the grammatical subject, and Turkish subjects are unmarked. That’s why we see sıcak çay in the nominative, not sıcak çayı.
How is the passive voice formed in sunuluyor, and what are its parts?
sunuluyor breaks down as:
• Root: sun- (to offer/serve)
• Passive suffix: -ul- (marks the verb as passive)
• Progressive tense suffix: -uyor (indicates “is …-ing”)
Putting them together: sun + ul + uyor → sunuluyor (“is being served”).
What tense/aspect is conveyed by the form sunuluyor?
The suffix -uyor is the present continuous (progressive) tense. In passive form sunuluyor it means “is being served.”