Word
Mahallede yeni bir bisiklet yolu açıldı.
Meaning
A new bike lane has opened in the neighborhood.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Questions & Answers about Mahallede yeni bir bisiklet yolu açıldı.
What does the suffix in Mahallede mean, and why is it -de (not -da or -te/-ta)?
- The suffix -DA is the locative case and means in/at/on.
- Turkish uses two-way vowel harmony to choose -de vs -da:
- After a front vowel (e, i, ö, ü) → -de
- After a back vowel (a, ı, o, u) → -da
- mahalle ends in e (front), so you get mahallede.
- Voicing assimilation chooses d vs t:
- After a voiceless consonant (f, s, t, k, ç, ş, h, p) → the suffix’s consonant becomes t (so -te/-ta).
- Examples: parkta, ağaçta, but evde, okulda.
- So: mahalle
- -de → Mahallede = in the neighborhood.
Why is it yolu and not just yol in bisiklet yolu?
- Bisiklet yolu is a noun–noun compound meaning bicycle road/lane.
- This is a Turkish compound type called a bare (indefinite) possessive compound (belirtisiz isim tamlaması):
- First noun: no suffix → bisiklet
- Second noun: 3rd-person possessive suffix → yol
- -u = yolu
- The possessive vowel follows 4-way vowel harmony; since yol has o, you add -u → yolu.
- More examples:
- okul müdürü (school principal)
- araba kapısı (car door)
- otobüs durağı (bus stop)