Questions & Answers about Yeni bir cihaz ağa bağlanır.
Why does the verb bağlanır use the -ır suffix for the aorist tense here?
The root of the verb is bağlan-. Because it has more than one syllable (bağ-lan) and ends in a consonant, it takes the -Ir suffix for the aorist tense instead of -Ar. Following 4-way vowel harmony for the 'a' in the root, the suffix becomes -ır.
Why is the dative suffix used in ağa?
The root word is ağ, meaning network or web. The verb bağlanmak (to connect) requires the dative case for the thing you are connecting to. We add the suffix -a (to/towards) to make it ağa (to the network).
Why does bağlanır look like a passive verb?