Danışmana sorduktan sonra tezi savunuyorlar.
After asking the advisor, they are defending the thesis.
Breakdown of Danışmana sorduktan sonra tezi savunuyorlar.
sormak
to ask
sonra
after
tez
thesis
savunmak
to defend
danışman
advisor
Questions & Answers about Danışmana sorduktan sonra tezi savunuyorlar.
How does sorduktan sonra mean "after asking"?
It uses the lesson's grammar rule: verb root + -DIktAn + sonra. For the verb sormak (to ask), we take the root sor-, add the suffix -duk (matching the 'o' vowel), and then add the ablative ending -tan (using 't' because 'k' is a voiceless consonant). Together with sonra, it means "after asking."
Why is it danışmana and not just danışmanı?
The verb sormak (to ask) always takes the dative case (to/towards) for the person being asked. While in English you "ask someone", in Turkish you "ask to someone". That is why the word danışman (advisor) gets the dative suffix -a.
Why doesn't sorduktan have a personal suffix to show that "they" are asking?
When the person doing the action in the -DIktAn sonra part is the exact same as the main sentence, you do not need to add a personal suffix. Because the main verb is savunuyorlar (they are defending), we automatically know "they" are the ones who asked the advisor.
Why does tez have an -i at the end?
The suffix -i is the accusative case, which marks a specific direct object. Because they are defending a specific thesis ("the thesis") rather than just doing a general action of thesis-defending, we must use tezi.
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