Breakdown of Burada çalışmaya hevesliler mi?
burada
here
çalışmak
to work / to study
mi
question particle (mı/mi/mu/mü)
hevesli
eager
Questions & Answers about Burada çalışmaya hevesliler mi?
Why does the verb change to çalışmaya in this sentence?
The word hevesli (eager) requires the dative case to show what someone is eager about. To do this, we first turn the verb çalışmak (to work) into a noun by dropping the -k to get çalışma. Then we add the buffer -y- and the dative ending -a.
Isn't -ma the negative suffix? How do I know çalışma doesn't mean do not work?
They look exactly the same! The suffix -ma or -me is used both to make a verb negative and to turn a verb into a noun. You can tell it is a noun here because it takes the dative case ending -ya. A negative verb wouldn't take a case ending like that.
How is the word hevesliler built?
It starts with the noun heves, which means enthusiasm or desire. Adding the suffix -li (meaning with) turns it into the adjective hevesli (enthusiastic or eager). Finally, the plural suffix -ler is added to indicate they are eager.
Why is the plural ending -ler on hevesli instead of the question word mi?
When asking a yes or no question about they using an adjective, the plural suffix -ler or -lar attaches directly to the adjective, not the question particle. So the correct order is hevesliler mi?.
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