Questions & Answers about Lütfen caddede yavaş yürüyünüz.
How does the formal command ending work in yürüyünüz?
The verb root is yürü (to walk). To make it a formal or plural command, we add the ending -ünüz. Because yürü ends in a vowel and the ending starts with a vowel, we add the buffer letter -y- in between to make it easier to say, giving us yürüyünüz.
What is the difference between saying yürüyün and yürüyünüz?
Both are polite, plural, or formal ways to say "walk!". yürüyün is the standard formal imperative you'd use with people you don't know well. Adding the extra -üz to make yürüyünüz makes it extremely formal. You will mostly see this longer form on official public signs or hear it in very formal announcements.
Yavaş usually means "slow". Why is it translated as "slowly" here?
What does the -de ending do in caddede?
The base word is cadde, which means "avenue" or "main street". The -de is the locative case ending, which translates to "in", "on", or "at". Together, caddede simply means "on the avenue".
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