Breakdown of Mitinge katılmayan seçmenler sandıkta da oy vermiyor.
vermek
to give
katılmak
to attend / to join
de
too, also (de/da) / even if (concessive particle after conditional) / and (linking clauses)
oy
vote
seçmen
voter
miting
rally
sandık
ballot box
Questions & Answers about Mitinge katılmayan seçmenler sandıkta da oy vermiyor.
How does katılmayan translate to "who do not participate"?
This is the negative subject participle you are currently learning. It breaks down into the verb root katıl- (participate/join), the negative suffix -ma, a buffer -y-, and the relative suffix -an (who/which). Because it comes right before seçmenler (voters), it describes them: "the voters who do not participate".
Why is the word for rally written as mitinge instead of just miting?
The verb katılmak (to participate/join) always takes the dative case. In Turkish, you participate to an event. So, we add the dative suffix -e to miting, making it mitinge.
Sandıkta means "at the ballot box", but doesn't sandık usually mean something else?
Yes, sandık generally translates to a "chest", "trunk", or "crate". However, during elections, it is the standard word for "ballot box". The suffix -ta is the locative case (in/at), so sandıkta means "at the ballot box".
Why does da mean "either" here instead of "also" or "too"?
The particle da/de (which is written as a separate word) generally means "also" or "too". However, because the main verb of this sentence is negative (oy vermiyor - they do not vote), English grammar requires us to translate it as "either".
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