Teşhis klinikte açıklandı.

to explain

Breakdown of Teşhis klinikte açıklandı.

• teşhis: a medical diagnosis
• klinik: a medical clinic

Questions & Answers about Teşhis klinikte açıklandı.

Why does klinik become klinikte?

Because Turkish adds the locative case to show location, meaning in / at.

• klinik = clinic
• -de / -da / -te / -ta = in / at

Here, klinik + -te = klinikte = at the clinic / in the clinic.

Why -te and not -de?

• The final consonant in klinik is k, which is voiceless
• After a voiceless consonant, Turkish usually uses t instead of d

So:

• evde = at home
• okulda = at school
• parkta = in the park
• klinikte = at the clinic

What does açıklandı mean grammatically?

Açıklandı is a past tense passive verb.

It comes from:

• açıklamak = to explain, announce, disclose
• açıklanmak = to be explained, to be announced
• açıklandı = was explained / was announced

You can think of it like this:

• açıkla- = explain
• -n- = passive marker here
• -dı = past tense

So açıklandı means that something happened in the past, and the sentence does not focus on who did it.

Why is the verb passive here instead of active?