Breakdown of Kamyonla nereye gidiyorsunuz?
gitmek
to go
nereye
where to
ile
with / by / and (linking nouns)
kamyon
truck
Questions & Answers about Kamyonla nereye gidiyorsunuz?
How does the suffix in kamyonla work to mean 'by truck'?
The word kamyonla is made of kamyon (truck) plus the suffix -la. This suffix is the attached form of the word ile (with / by). In Turkish, we use this suffix on vehicles to express traveling 'by' means of them, just like saying you are traveling 'with' the vehicle.
Why is it nereye and not nerede?
Nereye means 'to where', while nerede means 'at where' (location). Because the verb gitmek (to go) involves movement toward a destination, you must use the direction suffix -e (to) attached to nere (where) with a -y- buffer letter.
The root form of the verb is git- (to go). Why does it change to gidiyorsunuz here?
When a suffix starting with a vowel is added to certain words ending in hard consonants like t, that consonant softens. Here, adding the present continuous suffix -iyor changes the t in git- to a d, making it gidiyor-. This makes pronunciation much smoother!
Who is the subject in gidiyorsunuz?