Breakdown of Başarılı oyuncuyu da davet edelim.
davet etmek
to invite
başarılı
successful
de
too, also (de/da) / even if (concessive particle after conditional) / and (linking clauses)
oyuncu
actor / player
Questions & Answers about Başarılı oyuncuyu da davet edelim.
How do we get "let's invite" from davet edelim?
The verb is davet etmek (to invite). To say "let's," we add the 1st person plural optative suffix -elim to the stem et-. Because the suffix starts with a vowel, the t in et- softens to a d, giving us edelim.
Why does oyuncu (actor) have -yu at the end of it?
It has the accusative case suffix because "the actor" is the specific direct object receiving the action of being invited. Since oyuncu ends in a vowel, we need the buffer letter -y- before adding the suffix -u to get oyuncuyu.
Why is da written as a separate word here, and why isn't it de?
When written separately, da (or de) is a conjunction meaning "too" or "also." It still follows vowel harmony with the preceding word. Because the last vowel in oyuncuyu is a back vowel (u), we use da. If it were attached to the word as a suffix, it would be the locative case meaning "in" or "on."
How does the suffix -lı work in başarılı?
The suffix -lı (or -li, -lu, -lü) turns a noun into an adjective meaning "having" or "with." Here, it attaches to the noun başarı (success) to create başarılı, which literally means "having success" or "successful."
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