Biz bu konuyu birlikte araştırıyoruz.

this

Breakdown of Biz bu konuyu birlikte araştırıyoruz.

• biz: we
• birlikte: together
• konu: the topic

Questions & Answers about Biz bu konuyu birlikte araştırıyoruz.

Why is biz included? Doesn’t -uz already mean we?

Yes. In Turkish, the verb ending -uz already shows the subject is we.

• araştırıyoruz = we are researching / we research
• So biz is optional.

Including biz can:

• add emphasis,
• make the subject clearer,
• contrast with someone else.

So:

• Bu konuyu birlikte araştırıyoruz. = We are researching this topic together.
• Biz bu konuyu birlikte araştırıyoruz. = also We are researching this topic together, but with a bit more emphasis on we.

What does bu mean here, and where does it go in the sentence?

Bu means this.

In Turkish, demonstratives like bu usually come before the noun they describe:

• bu konu = this topic

That is similar to English word order:

• this topic
• bu konu

In the sentence, the noun becomes konuyu because it takes an extra ending, but bu still stays before it:

• bu konuyu = this topic as the object of the verb