Breakdown of Caddeyi geçmek için bekliyoruz.
beklemek
to wait
cadde
avenue
için
for
geçmek
to pass / to cross / to shift (into a gear)
Questions & Answers about Caddeyi geçmek için bekliyoruz.
Why does the translation say "to cross" when için usually means "for"?
When için comes right after a verb in its dictionary form (like geçmek), it means "in order to". So geçmek için literally translates to "in order to cross".
Why is it caddeyi instead of just cadde?
Cadde means "street". We add the specific direct object ending -i (the accusative case) because it is the specific thing being crossed. Since cadde ends in a vowel, we add the buffer letter y, making it caddeyi.
The verb for "to wait" is beklemek. Why is it spelled bekliyoruz here?
The root of the verb is bekle-. When adding the present continuous suffix -iyor, a rule kicks in: if a verb root ends in "a" or "e", that vowel changes to a narrower sound like "ı", "i", "u", or "ü". Here, the "e" changes to "i", so bekle + iyor + uz becomes bekliyoruz.
Where is the word for "we" in this sentence?
In Turkish, you often drop the pronoun "we" (biz) because the verb already tells you who is acting. The -uz at the very end of bekliyoruz is the personal suffix that means "we".