Kavşakta kuvvetli rüzgar tabelaları devirebilirdi.

the wind

Breakdown of Kavşakta kuvvetli rüzgar tabelaları devirebilirdi.

• -ta: at
• kavşak: the intersection
• kuvvetli: strong

Questions & Answers about Kavşakta kuvvetli rüzgar tabelaları devirebilirdi.

What does the suffix -ta in Kavşakta indicate?

It marks the locative case, meaning at the intersection. In Turkish you express “at/on” a place by adding -da/-de or -ta/-te to the noun. Since kavşak ends in the voiceless consonant k and has the back vowel a, the correct form is -ta (voiceless + back vowel).

Why isn’t there an indefinite article like bir before kuvvetli rüzgar?

Turkish has no direct equivalent of English a/an. You could say kuvvetli bir rüzgar to mean a strong wind, but when you talk about wind in general or want a more natural phrasing, you simply say kuvvetli rüzgar without bir.

Why is tabelaları used instead of tabelalar?

tabelaları is the plural definite-accusative form of tabela (sign). The plural marker -lar makes tabelalar, and the accusative marker -ı shows that these signs are the specific objects of the action (the wind could knock them down).

How do you decide which vowel to use in the suffix -ları (as in tabelaları)?