Breakdown of Dışarı çıkmak istiyor musun?
istemek
to want / to require / to call for
çıkmak
to go out / to leave / to exit / to break out / to arise (of a storm)
dışarı
outside
mi
question particle (mı/mi/mu/mü)
Questions & Answers about Dışarı çıkmak istiyor musun?
Why is çıkmak in its full dictionary form here?
When you want to say you "want to do" something, the action you want to do stays in its infinitive form (ending in -mak or -mek). Just like in English where we say "to go", Turkish uses çıkmak right before the verb istemek (to want).
Why use çıkmak instead of gitmek for "to go"?
While gitmek means "to go" in general, çıkmak specifically means "to exit", "to leave", or "to go out". In Turkish, the natural way to say "go outside" is dışarı çıkmak (literally "to exit outside").
Doesn't "to go outside" need a direction suffix, like dışarıya?
It can, but it's not required! For a few common direction words like dışarı (outside), içeri (inside), and yukarı (up), Turkish speakers usually drop the "to" suffix (-a or -e) when they are used right before a motion verb.
Why is the "you" ending attached to mu instead of the verb istiyor?
In Turkish yes/no questions, the personal ending (like -sun for "you") jumps off the main verb and attaches to the question particle instead. That's why we say istiyor musun? rather than istiyorsun mu?.
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