Word
Mühendis her ay ağın şifresini değiştirir.
Meaning
The engineer changes the network's password every month.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about Mühendis her ay ağın şifresini değiştirir.
Why is the aorist ending on değiştirir just -ir instead of -er?
The verb root here is değiştir- (to change something). Because it has more than one syllable (de-ğiş-tir) and ends in a consonant, it takes the -Ir aorist suffix according to this lesson's rule. Since the last vowel in değiştir is i, 4-way vowel harmony makes the suffix -ir, giving us değiştirir.
Why use the aorist tense here instead of the present continuous (değiştiriyor)?
The phrase her ay means "every month." Because this sentence describes a regular, repeated habit rather than an action happening right at this exact moment, it is a perfect match for the aorist tense.
Break down the suffixes on the word şifresini.
The base word is şifre (password). First, we add the possessive suffix -si to link it to ağın (the network's), making it şifresi (its password). Next, because it is the specific thing being changed, it needs the accusative case suffix -i. We use the buffer letter -n- between a possessive suffix and a case suffix, resulting in şifresini.
How does ağın mean "the network's"?