Word
Arkadaşım, toplantıdan sonra aramamı hatırlattı.
Meaning
My friend reminded me to call after the meeting.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Arkadaşım, toplantıdan sonra aramamı hatırlattı.
benim
my
arkadaş
the friend
sonra
after
toplantı
the meeting
Questions & Answers about Arkadaşım, toplantıdan sonra aramamı hatırlattı.
What are the parts and suffixes in this sentence?
- Arkadaşım = arkadaş (friend) + -ım (1st person singular possessive) → “my friend” (subject)
- toplantıdan = toplantı (meeting) + -dan (ablative “from”) → “from the meeting”
- sonra = postposition “after” (requires ablative on what precedes it)
- aramamı = ara- (call/search) + -mA (verbal noun: arama “calling/call”) + -m (1sg poss: “my”) + -(y)ı (accusative: direct object) → “my calling (the act of me calling)”
- hatırlattı = hatırla- (remember) + -t (causative: “make remember” = remind) + -DI (past) + Ø (3sg) → “(he/she) reminded”
Why is it toplantıdan sonra and not something else?
Because sonra is a postposition that takes an ablative-marked noun phrase. So:
- “after the meeting” = toplantıdan sonra
- Similarly: “before the meeting” = toplantıdan önce (since önce also takes ablative).
Who is being reminded here? Shouldn’t there be bana (“to me”)?
By default, the sentence implies “me,” but it’s clearer and more typical to include the dative for the remindee:
- More explicit: Arkadaşım bana toplantıdan sonra aramamı hatırlattı. Without bana, it’s still grammatical, but you rely on context to know who was reminded.