Breakdown of İyi anlaşıyoruz çünkü birbirimizi dinliyoruz.
iyi
good
dinlemek
to listen
çünkü
because
birbiri
each other / one another
anlaşmak
to get along / to agree
Questions & Answers about İyi anlaşıyoruz çünkü birbirimizi dinliyoruz.
How exactly is the word birbirimizi built here?
It is made of three parts: birbiri (each other) + -miz (our) + -i (accusative case). In Turkish, "each other" takes a possessive suffix to show who is interacting. Then, because the verb dinlemek (to listen) takes a direct object, we must add the specific object marker (the accusative case -i) at the very end.
Why does it use the "our" suffix (-miz) if the English translation just says "each other"?
Turkish requires you to specify the people involved in "each other" using possessive endings. Because the sentence is about "we" (indicated by the -uz on the verbs), "each other" literally acts like "our each other" (birbirimiz). If the sentence was about "you" (plural), it would be birbiriniz.
I recognize the root anla- from anlamak (to understand). How does it mean "get along" here?
The verb anlaşmak is formed by adding the reciprocal suffix -ş to anlamak (to understand). Literally, it means "to mutually understand each other." In everyday Turkish, this is the standard way to say "to get along."
The dictionary form of the verb is dinlemek (to listen). Why is it spelled dinliyoruz here with an 'i'?
This is due to a rule called vowel narrowing. When a verb root ends in -e or -a (like dinle-) and you add the present continuous suffix -yor, that final vowel narrows to ı, i, u, or ü. Here, the e turns into an i, giving us dinliyoruz.
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