Word
Teslimat bugün akşam saatlerinde yapılmalı.
Meaning
Delivery should be made this evening.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of Teslimat bugün akşam saatlerinde yapılmalı.
bugün
today
teslimat
the delivery
yapılmak
to be made
akşam saatlerinde
in the evening hours
Questions & Answers about Teslimat bugün akşam saatlerinde yapılmalı.
What do the suffixes in saatlerinde indicate?
- -ler: plural marker
- -i: 3rd-person singular possessive/definite marker
- -nde: locative case (allomorph of -de)
So saat + ler + i + nde literally yields “in the hours.”
How is yapılmalı formed, and what nuance does it add?
- yap (to do)
- -ıl: passive voice suffix produces yapıl (to be done)
- -malı: necessity suffix gives yapılmalı (must be done)
It expresses that the delivery must or should be carried out.
What is the difference between yapmalı and yapılmalı?
- yapmalı: active necessity, meaning “someone must do it”
- yapılmalı: passive necessity, focus shifts to the action itself (“it must be done”)
Why is there no explicit subject in this sentence?
In Turkish passive constructions with a necessity suffix, the agent is often irrelevant or unknown, so the subject (even a pronoun) is omitted.
Why does the verb appear at the end of the sentence?
Turkish follows a Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) order; even when subjects or objects are omitted, modifiers and phrases precede the verb, which stays clause-final.