Gülümseme herkesi mutlu eder.

everyone

Breakdown of Gülümseme herkesi mutlu eder.

• mutlu: happy
• etmek: to make
• gülümseme: the smile

Questions & Answers about Gülümseme herkesi mutlu eder.

What part of speech is gülümseme and how does it differ from gülümsemek?

gülümsemek (with -mek/-mak) is the infinitive “to smile.”
gülümseme (with -me/-ma) is a noun, meaning “smiling” or “a smile.”
In Gülümseme herkesi mutlu eder, we need a noun as the subject, so we use gülümseme.

Why is herkesi used instead of herkese or just herkes?

• herkes = “everyone” (nominative, basic form)
• herkesi = “everyone” in the accusative case (direct object)
• herkese = dative case (“to everyone”)
  In this sentence “everyone” is what’s being made happy (a definite, specific group), so we mark it with the accusative suffix -i, giving herkesi.

Why does Turkish say mutlu eder instead of a single verb like “cheer” or “gladden”?

Turkish often uses etmek (“to do/make”) after an adjective to form “make [someone] [adjective].”
Here mutlu = “happy,” so mutlu etmek = “to make [someone] happy.”
mutlu eder is the 3rd-person-singular form, “(it) makes [them] happy.”

Could we say mutlu yapmak instead of mutlu etmek?