Pandemi boyunca karantina ve maske zorunluluğu vardı.

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Breakdown of Pandemi boyunca karantina ve maske zorunluluğu vardı.

• ve: and
• boyunca: during
• pandemi: the pandemic

Questions & Answers about Pandemi boyunca karantina ve maske zorunluluğu vardı.

What does boyunca mean, and how is it used?

boyunca is a postposition meaning during or throughout. You attach it directly to a noun in the nominative (no extra case suffix). It emphasises that something lasted for the entire span of that noun.
Example: Pandemi boyunca = throughout the pandemic or during the whole pandemic.

Why is there no article (a/the) in Pandemi boyunca karantina ve maske zorunluluğu vardı?

Turkish has no words for a, an, or the. Definiteness is shown by context or by case endings (e.g. accusative for a specific object). Here, you simply say karantina ve maske zorunluluğu without an article.

Why does zorunluluk take the -u ending (becoming zorunluluğu), and what does it indicate?

The -u is the accusative suffix, marking the noun as definite (“the requirement”). With var/vardı (there is/there was), if you’re talking about a known or specific thing, you use the accusative.
So karantina ve maske zorunluluğu vardı literally “There was the quarantine and mask requirement.”

Could you use sırasında or süresince instead of boyunca? What’s the difference?