Questions & Answers about Çayları hanginiz dağıtıyor?
How does hanginiz translate to 'which of you'?
It is made by adding the possessive suffix -niz (meaning 'your') to the question word hangi (which). In Turkish, saying 'your which' is the standard way to express 'which one of you'.
Since we are asking a group of people ('you'), why doesn't the verb use the 'you' ending like dağıtıyorsunuz?
Because the subject of the sentence is 'which one'. Even though it refers to a group of people, you are asking for a single person from that group to be the answer. Therefore, the verb takes the third-person singular form dağıtıyor (is distributing), just like we say 'which of you is' in English.
Why is the word çayları plural and ending with the -ı suffix?
It has the plural suffix -lar because the sentence refers to handing out multiple glasses of tea. The final -ı is the specific direct object (accusative) suffix, marking that the person is handing out 'the' specific teas, rather than just tea in general.
Why isn't the question word hanginiz at the beginning of the sentence?
In Turkish, the most emphasized information is usually placed right before the verb. Since the speaker really wants to know who is doing the action, the question word hanginiz is placed immediately before the verb dağıtıyor.
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