Word
Şarkıyı dinleyelim, sonra hep beraber alkışlayalım mı?
Meaning
Let's listen to the song, shall we all applaud together afterwards?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Şarkıyı dinleyelim, sonra hep beraber alkışlayalım mı?
dinlemek
to listen
şarkı
song
beraber
together
sonra
later
Questions & Answers about Şarkıyı dinleyelim, sonra hep beraber alkışlayalım mı?
How do we form the "let's" in dinleyelim and alkışlayalım?
We use the optative suffix -(y)alım or -(y)elim (depending on vowel harmony) attached to the verb stem. Dinle takes -yelim to make dinleyelim (let's listen), and alkışla takes -yalım to make alkışlayalım (let's applaud).
Why is there a -y- before the -elim and -alım suffixes?
Both verb stems here end in a vowel: dinle- (listen) and alkışla- (applaud). The optative suffixes -elim and -alım also start with a vowel. In Turkish, we always need the buffer letter -y- to keep two vowels apart when adding these suffixes, giving us dinle-y-elim and alkışla-y-alım.
Why is the question particle mı only at the very end of the sentence?
Placing mı at the end turns the final action into a question: "shall we applaud?". The first part (dinleyelim) stays as a suggestion ("let's listen"). The sentence naturally flows as: "Let's listen to the song, then shall we applaud?". If you put mi right after dinleyelim instead, it would mean "Shall we listen to the song?".
Why does the word for song have the -yı suffix in ?