Questions & Answers about Şirket yeni siparişi onayladı mı?
Why is the question word "mı" separate from the verb "onayladı"?
In Turkish, yes/no questions are formed by adding a separate question particle after the word you are asking about. For past tense verbs like onayladı (it approved), the question particle is always written as a separate word with a space before it.
How do we know to use "mı" instead of "mi" or "mu" here?
The question particle follows 4-way vowel harmony based on the last vowel of the word right before it. Since the last vowel in onayladı is an undotted ı, the question particle must also use ı, making it mı.
Why does "sipariş" (order) have an "-i" at the end, making it "siparişi"?
The -i suffix marks the specific direct object of the sentence (often called the accusative case). Because the company approved the specific new order, rather than just any order in general, we must add the -i suffix to sipariş.
What is the base form of the verb "onayladı"?
The dictionary form is onaylamak (to approve). Dropping the -mak gives us the verb root onayla-. To make it past tense for "it" (the company), we simply add the past tense suffix -dı to get onayladı.