Question 1

Why are there no words for 'people' or 'ones' in güldürenler and ağlatanlar?

Accepted Answer

The suffixes -en and -an create relative clauses meaning 'who do something'. Usually, you put a noun after them, like güldüren insanlar (people who make us laugh). If you omit the noun, the verb takes over its job and gets the plural suffix directly, becoming güldürenler (the ones who make us laugh).

Question 2

I see the root verbs gül (laugh) and ağla (cry). What do the -dür and -t suffixes do?

Accepted Answer

These are causative suffixes. They change an action into making someone else do that action. So gülmek is to laugh, but güldürmek is to make someone laugh. Similarly, ağlatmak is to make someone cry.

Question 3

Why does ağlatanlardan have the -dan suffix?

Accepted Answer

In Turkish, comparisons use the ablative case, which means adding -dan or -den (from) to the thing you are comparing against. To say 'more talented than the ones who make us cry', you literally say 'more talented from the ones who make us cry'.

Question 4

Why do we use the accusative case bizi instead of just biz?

Accepted Answer

Because we are the direct object of these actions. Since the subjects are making us laugh or cry, we are receiving that action. Therefore, biz (we) takes the accusative suffix -i to become bizi (us).

Bizi güldürenler, bizi ağlatanlardan daha yetenekli.

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