Word
Bakan, istifası hakkında resmî bir ifade vermeyecek.
Meaning
The minister will not give an official statement about his resignation.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Bakan, istifası hakkında resmî bir ifade vermeyecek.
bir
a / an
vermek
to give
resmî
official
hakkında
about, concerning
Questions & Answers about Bakan, istifası hakkında resmî bir ifade vermeyecek.
Since we are learning about hakkında, does it require a specific case ending on the noun before it?
For regular nouns, hakkında just follows the plain dictionary form, as in istifa hakkında ('about resignation'). However, in this sentence, the minister is talking about his own resignation, so we must first add the 3rd person possessive suffix -(s)ı to the noun to get istifası hakkında.
Why does bir come after resmî instead of at the beginning of the phrase?
In Turkish, when you have an adjective and the indefinite article bir (a/an), the correct word order is Adjective + bir + Noun. Therefore, 'an official statement' translates to resmî bir ifade. Putting bir before the adjective would sound unnatural.
Why is the verb vermek used here instead of a verb meaning 'to make'?
The phrase ifade vermek is a fixed expression in Turkish that means 'to give a statement' or 'to testify'. This is the standard way to talk about making statements in official, political, or legal contexts. You cannot substitute it with yapmak (to do/make).
What is the hat symbol on the î in resmî?