Breakdown of Konserin sonunda onları çok alkışlayalım.
o
that / he / she / it
çok
very
son
end
konser
concert
Questions & Answers about Konserin sonunda onları çok alkışlayalım.
How do we get "let's applaud" from alkışlayalım?
The root verb is alkışlamak (to applaud). We drop the -mak to get the stem alkışla. Because the stem ends in a vowel, we add the buffer letter -y-, followed by the optative ending -alım (let's). Together, it makes alkışlayalım (let's applaud).
Why is it konserin sonunda instead of just konser sonunda?
Konserin sonunda means "at the end of the concert." Adding the genitive ending -in to konser makes it a specific concert. If we said konser sonunda, it would mean something more general like "at concert-end" without referring to a specific concert we already know about.
How exactly does sonunda break down?
It starts with son (end). Because it belongs to the concert, it takes the possessive ending -u (konserin sonu = the end of the concert). To say "at" the end, we add the locative ending -da. When attaching a location ending to a possessive suffix, Turkish uses the buffer letter -n-, making it son-u-n-da.
Why does onlar (they) change to onları?