Breakdown of Ofiste güvenlik kameraları her gün çalışıyor.
çalışmak
to work
her gün
every day
kamera
the camera
güvenlik
security
Questions & Answers about Ofiste güvenlik kameraları her gün çalışıyor.
How do you say “in the office,” and what is the -te at the end of ofiste?
You form “in the office” by putting ofis (office) into the locative case. The locative suffix is -de/–da or -te/–ta, chosen by vowel harmony and consonant voicing.
- ofis ends in the front vowel i, so it would normally take -de.
- But because s is a voiceless consonant, d voices to t: ofis + te → ofiste.
Together, ofiste means in the office.
Why is there no word for “the” or “a” before güvenlik kameraları?
Turkish does not have separate articles like a or the. Definiteness is shown by context or by the accusative ending on objects. Here, güvenlik kameraları simply means security cameras (definite or indefinite by context). If you wanted to stress “the security cameras” as a specific set of cameras and they were the object of the verb, you’d add an accusative suffix -ı/–i: güvenlik kameralarını.
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