Breakdown of Bu semineri destekleyecek sponsorları bulalım mı?
bu
this
bulmak
to find
mi
question particle (mı/mi/mu/mü)
desteklemek
to support
seminer
seminar
sponsor
sponsor
Questions & Answers about Bu semineri destekleyecek sponsorları bulalım mı?
How does destekleyecek mean "who will support"?
This is the future subject participle. It is formed by adding -(y)ecek to the verb stem destekle- (to support). The buffer -y- is used because the stem ends in a vowel. Because it acts like an adjective describing the subject of the action (sponsorları), it does not take any personal endings.
Why do both semineri and sponsorları have accusative case endings?
They are specific direct objects for two different verbs! Semineri is the object of the participle destekleyecek (to support this seminar). Sponsorları is the object of the main verb bulalım (shall we find the sponsors). Participles still act like normal verbs for the words placed immediately before them.
I know bulalım means "let's find", so why does the translation say "shall we find"?
When you take a 1st-person plural "let's" form (using the optative ending -alım or -elim) and add the question particle mı, it turns a proposal into a question. You are asking for the listener's opinion, so "let's find" naturally translates to "shall we find?" or "should we find?".
Why does the phrase bu semineri come at the very beginning of the sentence?
In Turkish, a relative clause and all of its related details must come directly before the noun it describes. Because bu semineri is the object of the participle destekleyecek, they stick together as a single descriptive phrase acting as a long adjective right before sponsorları (the sponsors).
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