Breakdown of Projeyi sunduktan sonra taslağa bakıyorsun.
bakmak
to look
proje
project
sonra
after
taslak
draft
sunmak
to present
Questions & Answers about Projeyi sunduktan sonra taslağa bakıyorsun.
How is the 'after presenting' part formed in sunduktan sonra?
It uses the suffix -dıktan sonra, which means 'after doing [verb]'. We attach it to the verb root sun- (to present). Because of vowel harmony with the u in sun-, the suffix becomes -duktan.
There is no 'you' attached to sunduktan. How do we know who is presenting?
In Turkish, temporal suffixes like -dıktan sonra don't take a personal ending. The person doing the action in the first part of the sentence is understood to be the same as the subject of the main verb. Since the main verb bakıyorsun ends in -sun (you), we know 'you' are the one presenting the project.
Why does proje have the -yi ending in projeyi?
Projeyi is in the accusative case because it is the specific, direct object of the verb sun- (to present). Since proje ends in a vowel, we add the buffer letter y before the accusative suffix -i to specify that you are presenting 'the' project.
Why does the word taslak (draft) change to taslağa?
The verb bakmak (to look) requires the dative case because you are looking 'at' something, so we add the suffix -a to taslak. When a suffix starting with a vowel is added to a word ending in k, the k usually softens into a ğ, making it taslağa.
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