Breakdown of Öğrenci yurt dışına gitmek için vizeye başvuruyormuş.
öğrenci
student
gitmek
to go
için
for
vize
visa
yurt dışı
abroad
başvurmak
to apply (for a job, etc.)
Questions & Answers about Öğrenci yurt dışına gitmek için vizeye başvuruyormuş.
How does the ending on başvuruyormuş give the meaning "I heard"?
The verb başvurmak (to apply) has two suffixes here: -uyor (present continuous) and -muş (the inferential or hearsay suffix). Together, -uyormuş means that an action is currently happening, but you didn't see it yourself — you heard it from someone else or gathered it from context.
Why is "for a visa" translated as vizeye instead of using için?
In Turkish, the verb başvurmak (to apply) requires the dative case (direction toward) for the thing you are applying for or the place you are applying to. So you don't use için (for), you add the dative suffix to get vizeye (literally "to a visa"). The -y- is a buffer letter.
What is the -na at the end of yurt dışına?
Yurt dışı (abroad) is a compound noun made from yurt (home/country) and dış (outside). Because the student is going to this place, it needs the dative case suffix -a. When adding a case ending to a compound noun that already ends in a possessive vowel (the -ı in dışı), you must use the buffer letter -n-. That gives us yurt dışına.
How does gitmek için work in this sentence?
When you pair a verb in its full dictionary form (like gitmek) with için, it expresses purpose, meaning "in order to" or "for the purpose of". Here, gitmek için translates smoothly to "in order to go" or simply "to go".
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