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Questions & Answers about Damat kaçmış mı?
Why use "kaçmış mı" here instead of "kaçtı mı"?
Using kaçtı mı (definite past) asks about a direct fact: "Did the groom run away?" By using kaçmış mı (reported past), the speaker implies they heard a rumor or saw evidence (like an empty dressing room) and are asking for confirmation: "Did he reportedly run away?" or "Is it true what I heard, that he ran away?"
What verb does "kaçmış" come from?
It comes from kaçmak, which means to run away, escape, or flee. We take the root kaç and add the reported past suffix -mış.
Why doesn't "kaçmış" have a personal ending on it?
The subject is Damat (the groom), which is third-person singular (he). In Turkish, third-person singular verbs don't take an extra personal suffix. If the subject was "I", it would be kaçmışım.
Why is the question word "mı" instead of "mi" or "mu"?
The question particle always follows 4-way vowel harmony based on the last vowel of the preceding word. The last vowel in kaçmış is an undotted "ı", so the particle becomes mı to match.