Breakdown of Adam yeni bir albüm için plak arıyordu.
bir
a / an
adam
man
yeni
new
aramak
to look for, to call
için
for
albüm
album
plak
vinyl record
Questions & Answers about Adam yeni bir albüm için plak arıyordu.
How do we get arıyordu from the verb aramak?
The root is ara- (to search/look for). When we add the present continuous suffix -ıyor, the final -a on the root changes to -ı due to vowel narrowing, giving us arıyor (is looking for). Then we add the past tense suffix -du to make it past continuous, resulting in arıyordu (was looking for).
Why doesn't plak have an accusative suffix (like plağı) since it is the object being looked for?
Because he is looking for any vinyl record, not a specific one. In Turkish, when a direct object is general or indefinite, it does not take the accusative case ending. It stays in its bare dictionary form.
Why is the word order yeni bir albüm instead of bir yeni albüm?
Does the word için (for) require a special case ending on albüm?
No, for standard nouns like albüm, the word için simply follows it without changing the noun's ending. You only need to add an ending when using için with personal pronouns, like benim için (for me).
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