Duyuru panoya asıldı; herkes okuyabilir.

everyone

Breakdown of Duyuru panoya asıldı; herkes okuyabilir.

• -ya: to
• duyuru: the announcement
• pano: the board

Questions & Answers about Duyuru panoya asıldı; herkes okuyabilir.

What tense and voice is asıldı, and how is it formed?

• It’s simple past passive.
• Base verb: asmak (to hang something up).
• Passive stem: asıl- (add passive suffix -ıl/-il/-ul/-ül).
• Past tense: -dı/-di/-du/-dü with vowel harmony.
• So: asıl-
  • -dı → asıldı = “was hung/was posted.”

Why is it panoya and not panoda?

• -a/-e (dative) marks direction/goal: “onto the board.”
• -da/-de (locative) marks location: “on the board.”
• Event of placing: panoya asıldı (it was hung onto the board).
• State/result: panoda asılı (it is hanging on the board).

Can I make the sentence active? What would it look like?

• Yes. Active: (Biz) duyuruyu panoya astık. = “We hung the announcement on the board.”
• Note the object in accusative: duyuruyu.
• Unknown/implicit subject: Duyuruyu panoya astılar. = “They hung the announcement...”

What does herkes agree with—singular or plural?