Breakdown of Akademik raporu sunduktan sonra soruları cevaplıyor.
soru
question
rapor
report
sonra
after
cevaplamak
to answer
akademik
academic
sunmak
to present
Questions & Answers about Akademik raporu sunduktan sonra soruları cevaplıyor.
How does sunduktan sonra mean after presenting?
It uses the grammar pattern for doing an action after another: verb root + -DIk + -tAn (the from ending) + sonra. The verb root is sun- (to present). Following vowel harmony, we add -duk and then -tan. Put together, sun- + -duk + -tan + sonra makes sunduktan sonra.
Why is there an -u at the end of raporu?
The -u is the specific direct object ending, also known as the accusative case. Because the academic report is the specific thing being presented, we add this ending to the word rapor. Since the last vowel in rapor is o, the suffix becomes -u for vowel harmony.
Why does soruları end with an -ı?
Just like raporu, sorular (questions) is the specific direct object of the main verb cevaplıyor (she is answering). We add the accusative suffix -ı to the plural word sorular, making it soruları to mean the specific questions being answered.
The verb root for answering is cevaplamak, so why is it cevaplıyor instead of cevaplayor?
When a verb root ends in -a or -e like cevapla-, adding the present continuous suffix -yor causes that final wide vowel to narrow. The -a changes to -ı to match the rules of vowel harmony, giving us the correct form cevaplıyor.
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