Uygulamada kutucukları işaretleyerek devam et.

to continue

Breakdown of Uygulamada kutucukları işaretleyerek devam et.

• -da: in
• -erek: by
• -lar: plural

Questions & Answers about Uygulamada kutucukları işaretleyerek devam et.

What does the suffix in Uygulamada mean, and why is it -da (not -de/ta/te)?

• It’s the locative case, meaning “in/at/on.”
• Choice of form follows two rules:
  • Vowel harmony: last vowel in uygulama is back (a), so use -da (not -de).
  • Consonant voicing: after a vowel or voiced consonant, use d; after a voiceless one, use t. Uygulama ends with a vowel, so -da is correct.

Why is devam et two words, and what form is et?

• Devam etmek is a light-verb construction: noun devam
  • verb etmek (“to do/make”), together meaning “to continue.”
• It’s written as two words: devam et.
• Et here is the 2nd person singular imperative (“continue!”). Polite/plural imperative is devam edin; very formal UI style is devam ediniz.

What does the -erek in işaretleyerek do?

• -erek/-arak forms a converb (an adverbial verb), meaning “by doing X / while doing X / and doing X (as manner).”
• So işaretleyerek = “by marking/ticking.”
• It links to the main verb (devam et) and describes how that action is performed.

Why is there a y in işaretleyerek?