Breakdown of Öğrencilerin hepsi fakültenin toplantı salonunda bekledi.
öğrenci
student
beklemek
to wait
toplantı
meeting
hepsi
all of them
salon
hall / large room
fakülte
faculty
Questions & Answers about Öğrencilerin hepsi fakültenin toplantı salonunda bekledi.
How does the chain noun compound work in fakültenin toplantı salonunda?
It combines three nouns to say "the faculty's meeting hall". First, we make the two-word indefinite compound toplantı salonu (meeting hall). Then, we link it to a specific faculty by adding the genitive suffix -nin to fakülte. The resulting chain is fakültenin toplantı salonu. Finally, we add the locative suffix -nda to say "in" that hall.
Is öğrencilerin hepsi also a noun compound?
Yes! In Turkish, quantity words like hepsi (all) or bazıları (some) function as nouns. To say "all of the students", you form a standard definite noun compound. The first word öğrenciler takes the genitive case suffix -in, and the root hep takes the possessive suffix -si.
Since "all of the students" is plural, why is the verb bekledi singular instead of beklediler?
When a subject refers to people and is plural, adding the plural suffix -ler to the verb is actually optional. Because the subject öğrencilerin hepsi already makes it perfectly clear that multiple people are involved, Turkish speakers very often use the singular verb bekledi to avoid unnecessary repetition.
Where does the letter n come from before the -da in salonunda?
That is a special buffer letter. The word is built as salon (hall) plus -u (the possessive suffix making it "meeting hall"). Whenever you add a case ending like the locative -da to a noun that ends in a third-person possessive suffix, you must insert the buffer letter -n- between them.
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