Questions & Answers about Patron yeni planı anlatıyor.
If I want to ask what the boss is explaining, should I use Ne (what) or Neyi (what specific)?
You would use Neyi. Because the boss is explaining the new plan (a specific plan), the word plan takes the accusative case suffix -ı to become planı. Whenever you are asking about a specific direct object like this, you must use Neyi rather than just Ne.
Why doesn't the adjective yeni (new) get an ending like planı does?
In Turkish, adjectives never change to match the noun they describe. Even though plan needs a suffix to show it is the specific direct object, the adjective yeni stays exactly as it is.
How is the verb anlatıyor put together?
It comes from the verb anlatmak (to explain or tell). We drop the -mak to get the stem anlat-, add the connecting vowel -ı-, and attach the present continuous suffix -yor to make it 'is explaining'.
If I wanted to find out whom the boss is explaining the plan to, would I use the question word Kimi?
No, you would use Kime (To whom). The question word Kimi is only for direct objects (like 'Whom are you calling?'). Because you explain something to someone, the listener needs the 'to' direction, not the specific direct object marker.
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