Word
Enflasyondaki azalma eğilimi fiyatları makul seviyeye çekti.
Meaning
The downward trend in inflation brought prices down to reasonable levels.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Enflasyondaki azalma eğilimi fiyatları makul seviyeye çekti.
-ye
to
-daki
in
makul
reasonable
enflasyon
inflation
Questions & Answers about Enflasyondaki azalma eğilimi fiyatları makul seviyeye çekti.
What does the suffix -ki in enflasyondaki indicate?
The suffix -ki attaches to a noun in a locative case (here enflasyonda, “in inflation”) to form a relative adjective meaning “which is in/at inflation.” So enflasyondaki literally means “the one in inflation,” and it modifies azalma eğilimi to give “the downward trend in inflation.”
What is the structure and meaning of azalma eğilimi?
- azalma = azalmak (to decrease) + -ma (noun-forming suffix) ⇒ “a decrease”
- eğilim = “tendency”
- The -i on eğilim is the 3rd-person possessive suffix making it definite: “the tendency of that decrease.”
Put together, azalma eğilimi means “the decrease’s tendency,” i.e. “downward trend.”
Why is fiyatları in the accusative case and what does the -ı suffix do?
- fiyatlar = “prices.”
- -ı is the definite accusative marker, so fiyatları = “the prices.”
This tells us that fiyatları is a specific direct object of the verb çekti. Without -ı, it would mean “prices” in a general, indefinite sense.
Why is seviye inflected as seviyeye, and what case is that?