Word
Kondüktör bizim hakkımızda bir şey sordu mu?
Meaning
Did the conductor ask anything about us?
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Questions & Answers about Kondüktör bizim hakkımızda bir şey sordu mu?
Why is it bizim hakkımızda instead of just biz hakkında?
When using hakkında (about) with a personal pronoun, the pronoun must be in the genitive case (like benim, senin, bizim). Because it acts like a possessive compound, the word hakkında must also change to match the pronoun. So, hak + ımız (our) + da (locative) becomes hakkımızda (literally 'in our right' or 'about us').
Can I drop the word bizim from this sentence?
Yes, you can! Just like you can drop pronouns before verbs in Turkish, you can simply say hakkımızda bir şey sordu mu? The -ımız suffix inside hakkımızda already makes it perfectly clear that you mean 'about us'. Keeping bizim in the sentence just adds a little extra emphasis.
Why is there a double 'k' in hakkımızda?
The root word for this postposition is actually the noun hak (right, truth, or share). Because it is a loanword from Arabic, its final consonant doubles when a suffix starting with a vowel is attached. So, hak + ımız becomes hakkımız.
Why does bir şey translate to 'anything' here instead of 'something'?