Breakdown of Sunumunuz başlıyor mu?
başlamak
to begin, to start
sunum
presentation
mi
question particle (mı/mi/mu/mü)
Questions & Answers about Sunumunuz başlıyor mu?
How do we get 'your' in sunumunuz?
The root word is sunum (presentation). To say 'your' (plural or formal), we add the possessive suffix -(I)nIz. Because the last vowel in sunum is 'u' and it ends in a consonant, 4-way vowel harmony turns the suffix into -unuz.
Does sunumunuz mean multiple people are presenting, or is it just formal?
It can be either! The suffix -unuz belongs to siz (you, plural). In Turkish, we use siz when talking to a group of people, but also as a polite, formal way to address a single person.
The verb is başlamak (to start). Why is it spelled başlıyor with an 'ı' here?
This is because of a rule called vowel narrowing. The verb root is başla-. When we add the present continuous suffix -yor to a verb that ends in 'a' or 'e', that vowel narrows into 'ı', 'i', 'u', or 'ü'. Here, the 'a' becomes 'ı', giving us başlıyor.
Why is the question word mu instead of mı?
The question particle always follows 4-way vowel harmony based on the last vowel of the word right before it. The last vowel in başlıyor is the 'o' in the -yor suffix. After 'o' or 'u', the harmony rule dictates we use mu. As a handy tip, because the present continuous suffix is always -yor, the question word after it is always mu.
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