Miting yapmayan siyasetçi oy kaybediyor mu?
Does the politician who does not hold a rally lose votes?
Breakdown of Miting yapmayan siyasetçi oy kaybediyor mu?
yapmak
to do / to make
kaybetmek
to lose
mi
question particle (mı/mi/mu/mü)
oy
vote
Questions & Answers about Miting yapmayan siyasetçi oy kaybediyor mu?
How does yapmayan translate to 'who does not hold'?
Let's break it down! The root is yap- (to do/make). Then we add the negative suffix -ma. Finally, we add the subject relative participle -an (which acts like 'who' or 'which' for the subject of the action), with a buffer -y- in between because two vowels meet. So, yapmayan literally means 'who does not do/make'.
Wait, so Turkish uses yapmak (to do/make) for holding a rally?
Exactly. In English you 'hold' or 'organize' a rally, but in Turkish the standard phrase is miting yapmak (literally 'to make a rally').
Why aren't miting and oy plural, since the English translation says 'votes'?
In Turkish, when you are talking about general, indefinite things (like holding any rally or losing votes in general), you often leave the noun singular and without any case endings. Oy kaybediyor simply acts as a single concept meaning 'is vote-losing' or 'loses votes'.
What is the root of kaybediyor? It looks complicated!