Questions & Answers about Bu köprü onarılmalı.
Because the sentence is in the passive voice before adding necessity.
- Start with onar (to repair)
- Add the passive suffix -ıl- → onarıl- (to be repaired)
- Then add the necessity suffix -malı → onarılmalı (must be repaired)
If you skipped the passive and just did onarmalı, that would be the active necessity: “(Someone) should repair.”
Yes:
- onar = root “repair”
- -ıl- = passive voice suffix
- -malı = necessity mood suffix
- Ø = zero ending for 3rd person singular
Putting it together: onar-ıl-malı-Ø = “it must be repaired.”