Breakdown of Bu şiir okurlar tarafından beğenilmiş mi?
bu
this
beğenmek
to like, to admire
mi
question particle (mı/mi/mu/mü)
tarafından
by (agent in passive voice)
Questions & Answers about Bu şiir okurlar tarafından beğenilmiş mi?
Why do we use tarafından after okurlar?
In Turkish passive sentences, the person or thing doing the action (the agent) is usually left out. When you do want to mention who did it, you use the word tarafından right after the noun. So, okurlar tarafından translates to "by the readers". Literally, it means "from the side of the readers".
Could we use the -cE suffix here and say okurlarca instead of okurlar tarafından?
Yes, you can! Okurlarca also means "by the readers" and is grammatically correct. However, the -cE suffix usually sounds a bit more formal or bureaucratic, and is often used for official bodies (like "by the government" or "by the committee"). For a general group of people like "readers", tarafından is much more common in everyday speech.
How is the verb beğenilmiş made passive?
Why does this sentence use beğenilmiş mi instead of the regular past tense beğenildi mi?