Breakdown of Öğrenciler beraber çalışıyorlarsa sessizce konuşuyorlar.
öğrenci
student
çalışmak
to work / to study
konuşmak
to speak / to talk
beraber
together
sessizce
quietly
Questions & Answers about Öğrenciler beraber çalışıyorlarsa sessizce konuşuyorlar.
How is the word çalışıyorlarsa built?
It perfectly shows the rule for this lesson! It breaks down as çalış (study) + ıyor (is doing) + lar (they) + sa (if). Put together, it translates to "if they are studying".
I noticed the plural -lar comes before the conditional -sa in çalışıyorlarsa. Can they be swapped?
Yes! You can also say çalışıyorsalar (çalış + ıyor + sa + lar). Both are grammatically correct and mean the exact same thing, but putting -lar before -sa is much more common in spoken Turkish.
How does sessizce translate to "quietly"?
It is built from three parts. We start with ses (sound or voice) and add siz (without) to make sessiz (quiet). Finally, adding the suffix -ce turns it into an adverb that describes how the action is done, just like adding "-ly" in English.
Because Öğrenciler (students) is already plural, do the verbs still need the -lar suffix?
They actually do not have to! When the subject is a plural human (like öğrenciler) and is explicitly stated in the sentence, the plural suffix on the verbs is optional. Saying Öğrenciler beraber çalışıyorsa sessizce konuşuyor is also perfectly correct.
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