Breakdown of Telefon veriyi bilgisayara aktarır.
telefon
phone
bilgisayar
computer
veri
data
aktarmak
to transfer
Questions & Answers about Telefon veriyi bilgisayara aktarır.
Why does aktarır use the -ır ending instead of -ar or -er for the aorist tense?
The verb root is aktar (to transfer). For most verb roots with more than one syllable that end in a consonant, the aorist tense uses the four-way vowel harmony suffix (-ır, -ir, -ur, or -ür). Since the last vowel in aktar is "a", it takes -ır.
Why is the word for data written as veriyi instead of just veri?
Veri means data. Because the telephone is transferring specific data (the data), it needs the accusative case suffix. We add the buffer letter y because veri ends in a vowel, followed by the suffix -i to match vowel harmony, resulting in veriyi.
What does the -a at the end of bilgisayara do?
It is the dative case suffix, which translates to "to" or "towards". The verb aktarmak (to transfer) needs a destination. By adding -a to bilgisayar (computer), it becomes bilgisayara, meaning "to the computer".
Why does bilgisayara come before the verb instead of after it like in English?
Turkish strictly uses a Subject-Object-Verb word order. The subject Telefon starts the sentence, the objects veriyi and bilgisayara come in the middle, and the action aktarır is placed at the very end.
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