Word
Fıstıktan başka diğer kuruyemişlere alerjisi var mı?
Meaning
Does he have an allergy to other nuts besides peanuts?
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Fıstıktan başka diğer kuruyemişlere alerjisi var mı?
var
there is / existent
mi
question particle (mı/mi/mu/mü)
diğer
the other
-den başka
besides / except for
Questions & Answers about Fıstıktan başka diğer kuruyemişlere alerjisi var mı?
How does the grammar of Fıstıktan başka work to mean "besides peanuts"?
The word başka acts as a postposition that requires the ablative case (-dan/-den or -tan/-ten) on the noun before it. Together, -dan başka means "except for" or "besides". Here, it means "besides peanuts".
Why does the sentence use both başka and diğer?
It might look repetitive, but they have different roles. Fıstıktan başka is a postpositional phrase meaning "besides peanuts", while diğer is an adjective meaning "other" modifying kuruyemişlere (nuts).
Why is the dative case (-e) used in kuruyemişlere?
Because of the word alerji. In Turkish, you have an allergy to something, which requires the dative direction case (-e/-a). So, kuruyemişlere literally means "to nuts".
Why is it alerjisi instead of just alerji?
The -si is the third-person possessive suffix (his/her). To say "he has an allergy" in Turkish using var, you construct it as "his allergy exists" (alerjisi var).