Questions & Answers about Genelge okula gönderildi.
What case is okula in and why is it used here instead of the accusative?
okula is in the dative case, marked by the suffix -a (in harmony with the last vowel u in okul). In Turkish, you use the dative case to express direction or goal (“to school”), not the accusative, which marks a direct object.
Why doesn’t genelge take an accusative ending (like -yi) here?
In a passive sentence, the thing affected by the action (the patient/theme) becomes the grammatical subject and stays in the nominative (no ending). So genelge (“the circular”) is the subject of the passive verb, not a direct object, and thus remains unmarked.
What tense and voice is gönderildi?
gönderildi is the simple past tense (-di) in the passive voice. Formed by:
- root: gönder- (“to send”)
- passive suffix: -il- (yields gönderil-)
- past tense suffix: -di
So gönderildi = “it was sent.”
How do you form the passive voice in Turkish?