Sınav yarına ertelendi.

The exam was postponed to tomorrow.

Breakdown of Sınav yarına ertelendi.

• yarın: tomorrow
• sınav: the exam
• -a: to
• ertelenmek: to be postponed

Questions & Answers about Sınav yarına ertelendi.

Why is it ertelendi and not erteledi?

Because the sentence is in the passive voice: ertelendi means was postponed. The subject (sınav, the exam) receives the action.

• Active: Okul yönetimi sınavı yarına erteledi. (The administration postponed the exam to tomorrow.)
• Passive: Sınav yarına ertelendi. (The exam was postponed to tomorrow.)

How is ertelendi formed morphologically?

• ertele- (verb stem: to postpone)
• -n- (passive marker) → ertelen-
• -di (simple past tense)
  No personal ending is needed for 3rd person singular, so you get ertelendi.

What does the -a in yarına do?

It’s the dative case, meaning to.

• yarın = tomorrow
• yarına = to tomorrow (i.e., postponed to the time called tomorrow)

When do I use yarın vs yarına?

• Use yarın as a time adverb to state when something is: Sınav yarın. (The exam is tomorrow.)
• Use yarına with verbs of movement/change like ertelemek to show the new target time: Sınav yarına ertelendi.