Breakdown of Biletler her gün kontrol ediliyor.
gün
the day
her
every
bilet
the ticket
kontrol edilmek
to be checked
Questions & Answers about Biletler her gün kontrol ediliyor.
What does the ending -ler do in biletler, and why isn’t there an accusative suffix -i?
-ler is simply the plural marker: bilet → biletler (ticket → tickets). In an active sentence these tickets would be a direct object and take the accusative -i (e.g. biletleri). Because the sentence is passive, those tickets become the subject and switch back to the unmarked nominative form biletler, so you don’t see -i.
How is the passive voice formed in kontrol ediliyor?
Turkish passive generally follows this pattern:
1) Take the verb root. Here the verb is kontrol etmek (to check), so the root is et-.
2) Add the passive suffix -il.
3) Add the present‐continuous suffix -iyor.
Putting it together: et + -il + -iyor → ediliyor (is being checked).
Can you break down ediliyor into its parts and show how they combine?
Certainly:
• et-: the verb root from kontrol etmek (“to do the control/check”)
• -il-: passive voice marker
• -iyor: present‐continuous tense marker (“is …ing”)
Merging them (with vowel harmony and sound changes) yields ediliyor = “is being checked.”
Why does the consonant t in et- change to d in ediliyor?