Questions & Answers about Bizim kültürümüze göre bu çok normal.
Why does kültürümüz have an extra -e at the end before göre?
The postposition göre (according to) always requires the word right before it to be in the dative case (the case that usually means "to" or "for", ending in -a or -e). Because of vowel harmony, kültürümüz takes the -e ending, becoming kültürümüze.
Can you break down the suffixes on the word kültürümüze?
Yes! The root word is kültür (culture). First, we add the possessive suffix -ümüz to make it "our culture". Finally, we add the dative suffix -e because it is required by the word göre that comes right after it.
Since the suffix -ümüz already means "our", do we really need the word Bizim at the beginning?
No, it is entirely optional! You could simply say Kültürümüze göre bu çok normal and it would mean exactly the same thing. Including Bizim just adds a little bit of emphasis, as if you are specifically pointing out "our culture" as opposed to someone else's.
The lesson mentions göre can also mean "compared to". Could this sentence mean "Compared to our culture, this is very normal"?
Grammatically it could, but logically it doesn't fit the context. When you use göre with a person, a culture, or a set of rules, it almost always means "according to" or "in the opinion of". You usually see the "compared to" meaning when comparing two similar things, like "Compared to me, he is very tall".