Cümledeki son nokta eksik kalmış.

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Breakdown of Cümledeki son nokta eksik kalmış.

• cümle: the sentence
• kalmak: to remain
• -deki: in

Questions & Answers about Cümledeki son nokta eksik kalmış.

What does Cümledeki mean and how is it formed?

Cümledeki comes from cümle (sentence) + the locative suffix -de (in) + the relative suffix -ki. Altogether it means “the one in the sentence” or simply “in the sentence” when used to modify a following noun.

Why is the suffix -ki attached after -de here?

The suffix -ki turns a locative phrase into a relative adjective meaning “which is at/in…”. So cümlede is “in the sentence,” and cümledeki means “the [thing] in the sentence.” Without -ki, you’d only have the location, not an adjective to describe something.

What does son nokta mean in this context?

Son means “last” or “final,” and nokta means “dot,” “point,” or “period” (the punctuation mark). Here son nokta refers specifically to the final period at the end of the sentence.

What does eksik kalmış mean, and why do we use kalmak with eksik?

Eksik means “missing” or “lacking,” and kalmak in this phrase means “to remain.” Together, eksik kalmış literally means “has remained missing,” i.e. “was left out.” The adjective+kalmak structure is common in Turkish to express that something has stayed in a certain (usually unwanted) state.