Breakdown of Kim kazayı görür görmez acil durum ekibini aradı?
kim
who
görmek
to see
aramak
to look for, to call
kaza
accident
durum
situation
acil
urgent / emergency
ekip
team (crew, working group)
Questions & Answers about Kim kazayı görür görmez acil durum ekibini aradı?
Why does görür görmez use the aorist tense when the sentence is about a past event (aradı)?
The structure -Ir -mAz (Aorist affirmative + Aorist negative) is a fixed formula that means "as soon as". It doesn't change for past, present, or future. The actual tense of the sentence is determined by the main verb at the end, which is aradı (called). So görür görmez takes its past meaning from aradı.
Does görür görmez need a personal suffix to match kim (who)?
Why is there a -yı on the end of kaza?
Kaza (accident) is the specific direct object of the verb görmek (to see). Because the person saw the accident, we must use the definite accusative case. The word ends in a vowel, so we add the buffer letter -y- followed by the accusative suffix -ı, making kazayı.
Can you break down the suffixes on ekibini?
Ekip means team. When combined with acil durum (emergency) to make "emergency team", it forms a noun compound: acil durum ekibi (the -i is the possessive suffix). Because the team is the specific direct object of aradı (called), it also needs the accusative case. We add the buffer -n- and the accusative suffix -i, resulting in ekibini. Notice that the p in ekip softens to a b when the first vowel is added.
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