Breakdown of Sergi masasında her birim kendine ait küçük bir logo ile etiketlenmiş.
bir
a
küçük
small
ile
with
her
each
-da
on
logo
the logo
sergi masası
the exhibit table
birim
the unit
kendine ait
its own
etiketlenmek
to be labeled
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Questions & Answers about Sergi masasında her birim kendine ait küçük bir logo ile etiketlenmiş.
In the phrase her birim, what do her and birim mean, and why are they used together?
her means “every” or “each,” and birim means “unit.” When combined as her birim, the phrase means “each unit,” stressing that no unit is left out.
Why is masasında used instead of just masada, and what do its suffixes -sı and -da signify?
masa is “table.” The suffix -sı is the 3rd person singular possessive, turning masa into “its table,” and -da is the locative case marker, meaning “at/on.” So masasında literally means “on its table.” Here Sergi masasında = “on the exhibition table.”
What does kendine ait mean, and why not just kendi?
kendi alone means “self” or “oneself.” The phrase kendine ait literally means “belonging to itself/himself/herself.” It’s used to express ownership: kendine ait küçük bir logo = “a small logo that belongs to it (each unit’s own).”
Why is ile used after logo, and what is its function here?
ile means “with” (instrumental). It indicates the means by which something is done. In logo ile etiketlenmiş, it shows that labeling was done “with a logo.”
Break down etiketlenmiş: what is the verb root, and what do its suffixes convey?
• Root: etiketle- (to label)
• -n makes it passive → etiketlen- (“to be labeled”)
• -miş adds the evidential/past-perfect sense → “has been labeled” (the speaker infers or reports it).
So etiketlenmiş means “it has been labeled” (apparently).
Why is there no explicit agent in this sentence, and how does Turkish express passive actions?
Turkish forms passives by adding -n or -l to the verb stem, plus tense/aspect markers, without stating who did it. Here etiketlenmiş is passive, so the “doer” is omitted because it’s not important.
Could you outline the sentence structure and the role of each part?
• Sergi masasında – locative adverbial (“on the exhibition table”)
• her birim – subject (“each unit”)
• kendine ait küçük bir logo ile – instrument phrase (“with its own small logo”)
• etiketlenmiş – predicate in passive voice (“has been labeled”)
Why is bir used in küçük bir logo, instead of just küçük logo?
Adding bir makes the noun singular and indefinite, “a small logo.” Without bir, küçük logo could sound like “the small logo” or a general category, whereas küçük bir logo clearly means “one small logo.”