Question 1

Why do we use the aorist tense kalır mı here instead of the present continuous kalıyor mu?

Accepted Answer

The aorist tense is used to talk about general truths, scientific facts, and habits. Because this question asks about how acid behaves in general, not just what a specific acid is doing right this second, we use the aorist suffix -ır followed by the question particle mı.

Question 2

I thought most one-syllable verbs take -ar or -er in the aorist. Why does kalmak become kalır?

Accepted Answer

You are right that most one-syllable verbs take -ar or -er. However, there are 13 special one-syllable exception verbs that take -ır, -ir, -ur, or -ür instead. Kalmak (to stay) is one of these common exceptions, so it becomes kalır.

Question 3

How does bardağın içinde translate to 'inside the glass'?

Accepted Answer

To say 'inside' something in Turkish, you create a possessive structure that literally translates to 'at the inside of'. Bardağın means 'of the glass'. Then we take iç (inside) + i (its) + n (buffer letter) + de (at/in). Put together, it means 'at the glass's inside'.

Question 4

Why is there a ğ in bardağın?

Accepted Answer

The root word is bardak (glass). When we add the genitive suffix -ın (which starts with a vowel), the hard k at the end of the word softens into a ğ (soft g) to make pronunciation smoother.

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