Learn Turkish: Operasyon için mühimmat askerlere taşıtıldı. - For the operation, the soldiers were made to carry the ammunition.

Operasyon için mühimmat askerlere taşıtıldı.

For the operation, the soldiers were made to carry the ammunition.

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Questions & Answers about Operasyon için mühimmat askerlere taşıtıldı.

How do the suffixes in taşıtıldı give us the meaning "were made to carry"?

It combines the causative and passive suffixes. The root is taşı- (carry). Adding the causative -t makes taşıt- (make someone carry). Then, adding the passive -ıl makes taşıtıl- (to be made to carry). Finally, -dı is the past tense.

Why is askerlere (to the soldiers) in the dative case here?

In Turkish causative sentences, the person who is made to do the action gets the dative case (-e/-a) if the main verb already has a direct object. Since the soldiers are being assigned an object (mühimmat) to carry, they take the dative suffix -lere.

If the ammunition is being carried, why doesn't mühimmat have an accusative ending?

Because the final verb form is passive (-ıl). In a passive sentence, the thing receiving the action (the ammunition) becomes the grammatical subject. Therefore, mühimmat stays in its plain form instead of taking the accusative -ı.

What is the difference between taşıtıldı and taşındı?