Breakdown of Hangimiz seninle ortak olmak istiyor?
sen
you
olmak
to be
istemek
to want / to require / to call for
hangi
which
ile
with / by / and (linking nouns)
ortak
partner
Questions & Answers about Hangimiz seninle ortak olmak istiyor?
How does hangimiz mean "which of us"?
The base word is hangi, meaning "which". By adding the first-person plural possessive suffix -miz (our), it literally translates as "our which". In English, this naturally translates to "which of us".
Since hangimiz includes "us", why doesn't the verb take the "we" ending and become istiyoruz?
Even though the question involves "us", the actual grammatical subject is the singular "which". Just like in English where we say "Which of us wants..." instead of "want", Turkish uses the third-person singular form istiyor.
Why is it seninle instead of just senle for "with you"?
When attaching the suffix form of ile (with) to most personal pronouns, Turkish requires the pronoun to be in the possessive form first. So you combine senin (your) + -le (with) to get seninle.
How do the words in ortak olmak work together here?
The word ortak means "partner" or "shared", and olmak is the infinitive verb "to be" or "to become". Turkish frequently pairs nouns or adjectives with olmak to create actions, so ortak olmak simply means "to be partners" or "to partner up".
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