Questions & Answers about Kantinde kitap okuyorum.
What does the -de suffix in kantinde do and why is it -de rather than -da?
kantinde = kantin + -de. The -de suffix is the locative case, meaning in/at. Turkish vowel‐harmony dictates that after the front vowel i in kantin, you use the front‐vowel suffix -de, not -da.
Why doesn’t kitap have an object marker like -ı?
Without the accusative suffix (-ı/–i/–u/–ü) a direct object is indefinite. Here kitap simply means a book. To say the book, you’d attach -ı and get kitabı.
How is okuyorum formed and what does each part mean?
okuyorum =
• oku (read)
• -yor (progressive aspect: “reading”)
• -um (1st-person singular: “I am”)
A buffer y appears between the vowel-ending stem oku and -yor (oku + yor → okuyor), then -um gives okuyorum (“I am reading”).
Why is the subject pronoun ben (I) missing in this sentence?