Word
Şimdi hamleyi hangimiz yapıyor?
Meaning
Which of us is making the move now?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Şimdi hamleyi hangimiz yapıyor?
şimdi
now
yapmak
to do / to make
hangi
which
hamle
move (in a game)
Questions & Answers about Şimdi hamleyi hangimiz yapıyor?
How does hangimiz mean "which of us"?
It combines the question word hangi (which) with the first-person plural possessive suffix -miz (our). Literally, it translates to something like "our which". You can use this pattern for other groups too, like hanginiz (which of you) or hangisi (which of them).
Why is the verb yapıyor instead of yapıyoruz if the subject involves "us"?
Even though hangimiz means "which of us", it is actually asking "which single one of us". Because the expected answer is one person, the sentence acts as if it has a third-person singular subject (he/she/it). Therefore, the verb takes the standard -ıyor ending without the "we" suffix (-uz).
Why is there a -yi at the end of hamleyi?
The word hamle means "move". Because someone is making the specific move in this game, it acts as the specific direct object of the verb, so it needs the accusative case suffix. Since hamle ends in a vowel, we add the buffer letter y followed by the suffix -i (matching vowel harmony), making it hamleyi.
Why doesn't the question word hangimiz go at the beginning of the sentence?