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Questions & Answers about Öğrenci kitabı paylaştı.
Why does paylaştı end in -tı instead of the regular past tense suffix -dı?
The verb root paylaş ends in ş, which is a voiceless or hard consonant (one of the letters in the memory phrase Fıstıkçı Şahap). When a suffix starting with d attaches to one of these consonants, the d changes to a t to make pronunciation easier. So, -dı becomes -tı.
How do we know to use the vowel ı in the suffix for paylaştı?
We use 4-way vowel harmony. We look at the last vowel in the verb root paylaş, which is a. According to the harmony rules, words whose last vowel is a or ı take a suffix with ı.
Why is the word for book written as kitabı instead of kitap?
Two things are happening here. First, because the student shared a specific book (the book), we add the definite direct object suffix -ı. Second, when we add a vowel suffix to a word ending in p, like kitap, the p softens into a b.
Does the verb paylaştı come from a shorter word?