Questions & Answers about Depremden beri bu binada tatbikatlar düzenleniyor.
1. Why is Depremden beri translated as since the earthquake, and how does the -den beri construction work?
-den beri consists of the ablative suffix -den (“from”) plus beri (“since”). It marks the starting point of a continuing situation up to now.
• Depremden beri = “from the earthquake until now” = since the earthquake
• You can attach it to any time noun: dün (“yesterday”) → dünden beri (“since yesterday”); geçen yıl (“last year”) → geçen yıldan beri (“since last year”).
2. What case is bu binada, and why is it used here?
bu binada is in the locative case, marked by -da (with vowel harmony). It means “in this building.”
• Locative -da/-de answers “where?”
• bu bina (“this building”) → bu binada (“in this building”)
Here it indicates the place where the drills take place.
3. Why is tatbikatlar plural instead of singular?
The plural noun tatbikatlar (“drills/exercises”) is used because multiple drills are being organized repeatedly or on different occasions. If you wanted to emphasize a single drill event, you could say bir tatbikat düzenleniyor (“one drill is being organized”), but the sentence implies a series of drills.