Questions & Answers about Başrolü ezberleyen kim?
Why is it just ezberleyen instead of ezberleyen kişi (the person who memorizes)?
This is the focus of your current lesson! When the noun being described by the -An participle is obvious (like a generic person), you can drop it entirely. Here, the word ezberleyen becomes a noun itself, meaning "the one who memorizes."
Why does başrol have the -ü suffix?
The suffix -ü is the accusative case, which marks a specific direct object. Even though ezberleyen acts like a noun in this sentence, it is still built from the verb ezberlemek (to memorize) and can take objects just like a verb does. Because someone is memorizing a specific lead role, başrol takes the accusative case.
Why is there a -y- in ezberleyen?
The verb root is ezberle- (to memorize), which ends in a vowel. The relative clause suffix we are adding is -en. To prevent two vowels from clashing, Turkish requires the buffer letter -y- between them, resulting in ezberleyen.
Why does the question word kim (who) come at the very end of the sentence?
In this sentence, kim acts as the predicate (the core "is who?" part of the sentence). In Turkish, predicates almost always go at the very end. If you were to answer the question, the name would simply replace the question word right at the end, for example: Başrolü ezberleyen Ali (The one memorizing the lead role is Ali).
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