Breakdown of Bakiyeye eklediğimizi kontrol ettik, tutar doğru.
kontrol etmek
to check
eklemek
to add
tutar
amount
bakiye
balance (account)
doğru
correct, true
Questions & Answers about Bakiyeye eklediğimizi kontrol ettik, tutar doğru.
How does eklediğimizi translate to "what we added"? Where is the word for "what"?
This is the core of this lesson! The verb eklemek (to add) gets the participle ending -dik and the possessive -imiz (our) to make eklediğimiz. Usually, this goes before a noun, like eklediğimiz parayı (the money that we added). But here, we drop the noun completely. When we do that, the participle stands on its own as a noun meaning "the thing we added" or "what we added."
Why is there an extra -i at the very end of eklediğimizi?
That's the accusative case marker. Since "what we added" is the specific direct object receiving the action of kontrol ettik (we checked), we have to mark it with the accusative -i. Breaking it down: ekle (add) + diğ (participle) + imiz (our) + i (accusative).
Why does bakiye take the dative case (bakiyeye)?
The verb eklemek (to add) requires the dative case to show where something is being added to. We use the buffer letter -y- and the dative suffix -e, so bakiye (balance) becomes bakiyeye (to the balance).
I know the verb tutmak means "to hold." Does the word tutar (amount) come from that?
Yes, it does! tutmak has a lot of meanings, and one of them is "to amount to" or "to cost." The word tutar is technically the aorist form (meaning "it amounts to"), but it is widely used as a standalone noun in Turkish meaning "the amount" or "the total."
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