Breakdown of Hazırsınız.
hazır
ready
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Questions & Answers about Hazırsınız.
Why does the ending have '-sınız' instead of just '-sın'?
The suffix -sınız means 'you are' when speaking to a plural 'you' (more than one person) or a formal 'you' (like a boss or a stranger). If you were talking to one friend informally, you would use -sın and say Hazırsın.
Why is the suffix '-sınız' instead of '-siniz' or '-sunuz'?
This suffix follows 4-way vowel harmony. Because the last vowel in the root word hazır (ready) is an ı, the vowels in the suffix must also be ı. If the root word had an e or i as its last vowel, the suffix would change to -siniz.
Where is the word for 'you' in this sentence?
In Turkish, you don't usually need to include the subject pronoun like siz (you, plural/formal) because the suffix -sınız already makes it perfectly clear who you are talking about. Saying Siz hazırsınız is completely correct, but just Hazırsınız is much more common and natural.