Breakdown of Turistik yerlere hangi yönden gideceğimizi bilmiyoruz.
yer
place / space / room (unoccupied space, capacity)
gitmek
to go
bilmek
to know
hangi
which
turistik
touristic
yön
direction
Questions & Answers about Turistik yerlere hangi yönden gideceğimizi bilmiyoruz.
How does the indirect question work in this sentence?
In Turkish, indirect questions are formed using a question word (hangi) followed by a verb turned into a noun clause. Since this is about the future ('will go'), we add the future factive suffix -ecek to the verb root git-, followed by the possessive ending -imiz to show who is going ('our going').
Why does gideceğimizi end with an extra -i?
That final -i is the accusative case marker. The entire clause hangi yönden gideceğimiz (which direction we will go) acts as the direct object of the main verb bilmiyoruz (we do not know). When a specific noun clause is the object of a verb, it must take the accusative case.
Why does git- become gid-, and -ecek become -eceğ- in gideceğimizi?
This happens because of consonant mutation. When the verb root git- is followed by a vowel (the e in -ecek), the t softens to d. Similarly, the k at the end of -ecek softens to ğ because it is followed by the vowel i from the possessive suffix -imiz.
Why is it yönden (from the direction) instead of yöne (to the direction)?
While we are going 'to' the touristic places (yerlere), we are taking a route 'via' a certain direction. In Turkish, when talking about a path you travel along or a side you approach from, it is common to use the ablative case -den (from/via). So hangi yönden conceptually means 'via which direction'.
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