Word
İnternet üzerinden toplantı yapıyoruz.
Meaning
We are having a meeting over the internet.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of İnternet üzerinden toplantı yapıyoruz.
yapmak
to do
toplantı
the meeting
internet
the internet
üzerinden
through
Questions & Answers about İnternet üzerinden toplantı yapıyoruz.
What does üzerinden mean here, literally and idiomatically?
- Literally: “from/over its surface” (X’s üzeri
- ablative).
- Idiomatically: “via/through/by means of.” It’s common with communication channels: telefon üzerinden, Zoom üzerinden, site üzerinden.
Why is it -den (ablative) and not -de (locative) after üzerinden?
Because üzerinden is a postposition that takes the ablative. The form is üzeri + (n)den; the buffer -n- appears because üzeri ends in a vowel. Using -de gives üzerinde (“on top of”), which is different in meaning.
Can I say internetten toplantı yapıyoruz instead?
- You’ll hear it in casual speech and it’s understood.
- Nuance:
- internetten often means “from/on the internet” (source/place): internetten film izliyorum, internetten sipariş veriyorum.
- For “via/through the internet,” internet üzerinden (or internet aracılığıyla) is clearer and sounds more natural/formal.
Where is the subject “we” in Turkish?