Breakdown of Her yıl seyahat etmek istiyor mu?
istemek
to want / to require / to call for
her
every
yıl
year
seyahat etmek
to travel
mi
question particle (mı/mi/mu/mü)
Questions & Answers about Her yıl seyahat etmek istiyor mu?
Why is etmek in its full dictionary (infinitive) form here?
When you express wanting to do an action, the main action verb stays in the infinitive form (ending in -mak or -mek), and you only conjugate the verb istemek (to want). Since the sentence says he wants to travel, seyahat etmek (to travel) stays in the infinitive, and istiyor gets the present continuous ending.
The verb for "to want" is istemek. Why does it become istiyor instead of isteyor?
When a verb stem ends in a vowel (like the -e in iste-) and you add the continuous tense ending -yor, the final vowel changes or "narrows." Here, the -e turns into an -i, making it istiyor. This happens because -yor is a very strong ending that modifies the vowel before it.
Why do we use two words, seyahat etmek, to say "to travel"?
In Turkish, many verbs are made by combining a noun with a helper verb like etmek (to do / to make). Seyahat is a noun meaning "a journey" or "travel," so seyahat etmek literally means "to do travel" or "to make a journey."
Why isn't yıl plural if it means "every year"?
In Turkish, when you use a word that implies a quantity or a group, like her (every), a number, or çok (a lot), the noun that follows it must stay in the singular form. So it is always her yıl (every year), never her yıllar.
Why is the question particle mu written as a separate word?
In Turkish, yes/no question particles (mı, mi, mu, mü) are always written with a space before them, even though you pronounce them as if they are part of the preceding word. The particle also changes its vowel to match the last vowel of the word before it (the -o- in istiyor dictates that the particle must be mu).
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