Word
Astronotlar başka bir galaksiye giderdi.
Meaning
The astronauts would go to another galaxy.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Astronotlar başka bir galaksiye giderdi.
bir
a / an
gitmek
to go
başka
other / another / else
astronot
astronaut
Questions & Answers about Astronotlar başka bir galaksiye giderdi.
How do we get giderdi from the verb gitmek?
The root is git-. First, we add the aorist (broad tense) suffix -er. Because this starts with a vowel, the t softens to a d, making gider (goes). Then we add the past tense suffix -di. Together, they form the aorist past tense.
Can giderdi also mean "used to go"?
Yes! The combination of the aorist and past tense (-erdi or -ardı) is used for both hypothetical situations ("would go") and past habits ("used to go"). You have to rely on context to tell them apart. Here, intergalactic travel sounds hypothetical, so "would go" is the natural translation.
Why is the word order başka bir galaksiye instead of bir başka galaksiye?
In Turkish, when a noun has both an adjective and the indefinite article bir (a/an), the standard word order is Adjective + bir + Noun. So literally, this translates as "other a galaxy".
Why does galaksi have the -ye suffix?