Breakdown of Kadın bankada para ödüyor mu?
kadın
woman
banka
bank
para
money
ödemek
to pay
mi
question particle (mı/mi/mu/mü)
Questions & Answers about Kadın bankada para ödüyor mu?
Why is the question particle mu instead of mi?
The yes/no question particle follows 4-way vowel harmony, meaning it changes based on the last vowel of the word right before it. The last vowel in ödüyor is o, so the particle becomes mu.
The dictionary form for 'to pay' is ödemek. Why does it become ödüyor instead of 'ödeyor'?
When a verb root ends in a vowel (like the e in öde-) and you add the present continuous suffix -yor, that final vowel is dropped and replaced. According to 4-way vowel harmony, the remaining ö in the root requires the linking vowel ü, giving us ödüyor.
Why does para (money) not have any suffix here?
In Turkish, you only add an ending (the accusative case) to the object of a sentence if it is a specific thing, like 'the money'. Because the woman is just paying 'money' in a general sense, para stays in its plain, dictionary form.
How does the word bankada translate to 'at the bank'?
The word banka (bank) has the suffix -da attached to it. This is the locative suffix, which tells us where something is happening ('in', 'on', or 'at'). It uses the vowel a to match the last vowel in banka according to 2-way vowel harmony.
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