Breakdown of Katılımcı sunumdan sonra soru soruyor.
sonra
after
soru
the question
sunum
the presentation
katılımcı
the participant
Questions & Answers about Katılımcı sunumdan sonra soru soruyor.
Why does sunum take the suffix -dan in sunumdan sonra instead of a separate word for “after”?
Turkish expresses “after X” by putting X in the ablative case (-dan/-den, meaning “from/after”) and then adding sonra (“after”). So sunum (“presentation”) + -dan + sonra literally yields “from the presentation after,” which we naturally translate as “after the presentation.”
Why isn’t there an article like a or the before katılımcı or sunum?
Turkish does not use articles. A bare noun can mean either a or the depending on context. Thus katılımcı can be a participant or the participant, and sunum can be a presentation or the presentation without changing form.
Why is katılımcı singular instead of plural (katılımcılar)?
Here the sentence refers to one (unspecified) participant, so it uses the singular katılımcı (“a participant”). Turkish often uses singular nouns for indefinite or generic references. If you meant multiple participants, you would say katılımcılar (“participants”) and normally pluralize the verb as well (e.g., soruyorlar).
What does soru soruyor mean, and why is it structured as a noun plus a verb?