Questions & Answers about Toplantı biraz daha uzun sürebilir.
Sürmek is polysemous. In this sentence it means “to last” or “to continue (for a period of time).” Other common meanings are:
- “to drive” (a car, etc.)
- “to apply/spread” (cream, paint) Context disambiguates, and with time/duration, sürmek = “to last.”
It’s the ability/possibility suffix (historically from the auxiliary bil- “to know/be able”). Here it marks possibility: “might/may.”
Morphology: sür-e-bil-ir = sür (last) + e (harmonic vowel) + bil (can/may) + ir (aorist, 3sg). The overall meaning is “it may last.”
- sürebilir: possibility/uncertainty (“might last”).
- sürecek: future with strong expectation/prediction (“will last”).
- sürüyor: present progressive (“is lasting/ongoing”), usually used with a specified time frame in context.