Word
Eleştirmenler, yeni roman hakkında olumlu yorum yazdılar.
Meaning
Critics wrote positive reviews about the new novel.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Breakdown of Eleştirmenler, yeni roman hakkında olumlu yorum yazdılar.
yazmak
to write
yeni
new
roman
the novel
hakkında
about
Questions & Answers about Eleştirmenler, yeni roman hakkında olumlu yorum yazdılar.
What does the plural suffix -ler on eleştirmenler signify?
It marks the noun as plural (“critics”). Turkish uses -lar/-ler depending on vowel harmony to pluralize nouns.
Why does yazdılar come at the end of the sentence?
Turkish typically follows Subject–Object–Verb (SOV) word order. Here:
- Subject: Eleştirmenler
- Object phrase: yeni roman hakkında olumlu yorum
- Verb: yazdılar
How is the verb yazdılar formed? What do its parts mean?
Breakdown:
- yaz = root meaning “write”
- -dı = simple past tense suffix
- -lar = 3rd person plural suffix
So yaz + dı → yazdı, then yazdı + lar → yazdılar (“they wrote”).
What tense and person does yazdılar express?
It’s the simple past (definite past) tense in 3rd person plural, meaning “they wrote.”
Why doesn’t yeni roman take an accusative ending like -ı?