Breakdown of Bu bakteri ile ilgili yeni bir tedavi keşfedeceğiz.
bu
this
bir
a / an
yeni
new
ile
with / by / and (linking nouns)
Questions & Answers about Bu bakteri ile ilgili yeni bir tedavi keşfedeceğiz.
The lesson is about the passive suffix '-il'. How would we change this sentence to say 'A new treatment will be discovered'?
You would use the passive form of keşfetmek (to discover). Since the helper verb root (et-) ends in a consonant, we add the passive suffix -il, making it edilmek. The whole verb becomes keşfedilmek (to be discovered). The sentence would be Yeni bir tedavi keşfedilecek. Notice that the t still changes to d because it is followed by a vowel!
Why does the verb keşfedeceğiz look so different from its root noun keşif?
This verb is a compound of the noun keşif (discovery) and the helper verb etmek (to do). When combined, the second vowel of keşif drops out, making it keşfetmek. Then, when adding the future suffix -ecek, the t in etmek softens to d. Finally, the k in -ecek softens to ğ before the 'we' ending -iz.
How does the phrase ile ilgili work in this sentence?
The word ilgili means 'related'. To say 'related to' or 'about' something, Turkish always pairs it with ile (with). So bakteri ile ilgili literally means 'related with the bacterium' but translates naturally as 'related to this bacterium'. You will often see this written by attaching ile as a suffix: bakteriyle ilgili.