Breakdown of Tren rötar yaptı, biz eve erken dönemedik.
ev
house
biz
we
yapmak
to do / to make
erken
early
dönmek
to return
tren
train
rötar
delay (for flights/trains)
Questions & Answers about Tren rötar yaptı, biz eve erken dönemedik.
How do we build dönemedik to mean "we could not return"?
Let's break it down! The root verb is dönmek (to return). To show inability ("could not"), we add -e and the negative suffix -me, giving us döneme- (cannot return). Then we add the past tense suffix -di and the "we" ending -k. Put it all together: dön + e + me + di + k = dönemedik (we could not return).
In dönemedik, why is the inability suffix -e instead of -a?
It follows vowel harmony. The root verb dön- has a front vowel (ö). Because of this, the inability suffix must also use a front vowel (-e). If the verb had a back vowel, like almak (to take), we would use -a instead, making it alamadık (we could not take).
Why does rötar yaptı translate to "was delayed"? Doesn't yaptı mean "did" or "made"?
Yes, yaptı means "made" or "did". Rötar means "delay". In Turkish, rather than saying a train "was delayed" passively, it is very common to use the compound verb rötar yapmak (literally "to make a delay"). So, tren rötar yaptı translates literally as "the train made a delay".
Why is the word for home eve instead of just ev?
Because the verb dönmek (to return) requires a direction. In English we just say "return home", but in Turkish you must say "return to home". We add the dative case suffix -e (meaning "to" or "towards") to ev, making it eve.
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