Breakdown of Salı günü meslek seçme sınavına katılacaksan, iyi hazırlanmalısın.
iyi
well
-a
to
katılmak
to attend
-sa
if
-malı
should
salı günü
on Tuesday
meslek
profession
seçme
selection
sınav
exam
hazırlanmak
to prepare oneself
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Questions & Answers about Salı günü meslek seçme sınavına katılacaksan, iyi hazırlanmalısın.
How is the time expression Salı günü constructed, and what does günü indicate?
Salı means “Tuesday” and gün means “day.” The suffix -ü on gün is the accusative marker used in time expressions to show specificity. Together, Salı günü literally “Tuesday day” functions as an adverbial phrase meaning “on Tuesday.”
In meslek seçme sınavı, what role does seçme play?
seçme is the verbal noun (or gerund) formed from seçmek (“to choose”) by adding the infinitive/nominalizer suffix -me. It turns “to choose” into “choosing.” So meslek seçme sınavı literally means “profession-choosing exam,” i.e. “the exam to choose a profession.”
Why does sınavına take the ending -ına, and what case is that?
The verb katılmak (“to participate in”) demands its object in the dative case. sınav (exam) first takes the 3rd-person singular possessive -ı (its exam) and then the dative -a, which—after vowel harmony—becomes -ına. Hence sınavına = “to (your) exam.”
What is the structure of katılacaksan, and why use this form instead of katılıyorsan?
katılacaksan breaks down as:
• katıl- (root “participate”)
• -acak (future-tense suffix)
• -san (2nd person singular conditional)
It means “if you are going to participate…” You could use katılıyorsan (present-progressive conditional “if you are participating”), but katılacaksan is preferred when talking about a planned or future event.
Why is there no buffer y between katıl and -acak in katılacaksan?
The buffer consonant y is only inserted when attaching a vowel-initial suffix to a vowel-final stem. Here katıl- ends in a consonant l, so -acak attaches directly without a y.
How is hazırlanmalısın formed, and what does the suffix -malısın express?
hazırlanmalısın =
• hazırlan- (“prepare oneself”)
• -malı (necessity/obligation suffix “must/should”)
• -sın (2nd person singular ending)
Altogether it means “you must/should prepare.” The -malı part conveys obligation.
What function does iyi serve in iyi hazırlanmalısın?
iyi means “well” and here acts as an adverb modifying the verb. In Turkish, descriptive adjectives before verbs often serve as adverbs, so iyi hazırlanmalısın literally “you must prepare well.”