Breakdown of Yarın eşitlik protestosuna katılıyor musun?
yarın
tomorrow
katılmak
to attend / to join
mi
question particle (mı/mi/mu/mü)
protesto
protest
eşitlik
equality
Questions & Answers about Yarın eşitlik protestosuna katılıyor musun?
Why does the word protestosuna end with the dative case -a here?
The verb katılmak (to join) requires the dative case (-e or -a). In Turkish, you think of it as joining 'to' an event. You are practicing the dative case with karşı (against) in this lesson, and here is another important place where the dative is required!
Can you break down all the suffixes on protestosuna?
The root is protesto. The -su links it to eşitlik to form the noun compound eşitlik protestosu (equality protest). The -n- is a buffer letter required when adding a case ending to a possessive suffix. Finally, the -a is the dative case.
How is the word eşitlik formed?
It comes from the adjective eşit, meaning 'equal'. The suffix -lik (which adapts to vowel harmony as -lık, -luk, or -lük) creates abstract nouns. By adding it, eşit becomes the noun eşitlik (equality).
Since yarın means tomorrow, why does katılıyor musun use the present continuous tense?
Just like in English ('Are you joining tomorrow?'), Turkish frequently uses the present continuous tense (-iyor) for scheduled future events. Using the future tense (katılacak mısın) would also be perfectly correct, but the present continuous is very common and natural for plans.
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