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Questions & Answers about Tüm meyveler kenara alındı.
What does tüm mean in this sentence?
Tüm is a determiner meaning all or whole. It emphasizes that you’re talking about every item in the group—here, the entire set of fruits.
Why is meyveler in the plural form?
The suffix -ler on meyve (“fruit”) makes it plural: meyveler = fruits. Since tüm refers to “all,” the noun naturally appears in plural.
Why doesn’t meyveler take any case ending like accusative or dative?
In a passive construction, the original object becomes the grammatical subject and is left in the nominative (zero‐case). So meyveler stays unmarked.
What is the function of kenara here?
Kenara is an adverbial form of kenar (“side”). With the suffix -a (dative), kenara means to the side or aside—it tells us where the fruits were taken.
How is alındı formed, and why is it passive?
Alındı comes from the verb almak (“to take”) + passive suffix -ın/-in/-un/-ün + past tense marker -dı/-di.
Structure: almak → alınmak (to be taken) → alındı (was taken).
The sentence is passive, so “someone” (unspecified) set the fruits aside.
Why is the verb alındı in singular when meyveler is plural?
Turkish often uses an impersonal passive, where the verb remains in 3rd‐person singular regardless of the new subject’s number. This keeps the action general and unspecified.
Can you make the verb agree in plural (i.e., alındılar)?
Yes, you can say Tüm meyveler kenara alındılar, but it sounds more marked. The singular passive (alındı) is far more common for impersonal statements.
How would you say this sentence in active voice?
You’d need a subject (agent). For example:
Biri tüm meyveleri kenara aldı.
Here Biri = “someone” (subject), meyveleri takes the accusative -i, and aldı is the active past.
Why isn’t there any article like “the” or “a” before meyveler?
Turkish has no articles. Definiteness is often understood from context or word order; you don’t need a separate word for “the” or “a.”