Breakdown of Faturayı kontrol ettin mi?
fatura
bill
kontrol etmek
to check
mi
question particle (mı/mi/mu/mü)
Questions & Answers about Faturayı kontrol ettin mi?
Why does fatura have -yı at the end?
The suffix -yı marks the specific direct object of the verb (the accusative case). Because we are asking about "the" specific invoice, we add the suffix -ı. Since fatura ends in a vowel, we use the buffer letter -y- to connect them, giving us faturayı.
What is the base verb for "to check" in this sentence?
The verb is kontrol etmek. Turkish often creates verbs by combining a noun (like kontrol) with the helper verb etmek (to do / to make). When we conjugate this compound verb, only the etmek part changes.
How is the past tense formed in ettin?
We take the helper verb root et-, add the past tense suffix -ti (which shows the action happened in the past), and then add the personal suffix -n for "you" (singular/informal). Together, et-ti-n makes ettin.
Why do we use mi for the question word here instead of mı?
The question particle follows 4-way vowel harmony, meaning it changes to match the last vowel of the word right before it. Because the last vowel in ettin is i, the question particle becomes mi. Notice that it is always written as a separate word!
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