Questions & Answers about Müdür bugün neden işten kovuluyormuş?
How does the ending on kovuluyormuş give us the meaning 'reportedly getting fired'?
This is the core of the -uyormuş structure. It combines the present continuous suffix -uyor (is getting fired) with the inferential suffix -muş (reportedly or supposedly). You use this combination when discussing an ongoing event or current situation that you heard about from someone else, rather than witnessing it firsthand.
I know the verb kovmak means 'to fire' or 'to chase away'. Where does the -ul come from in kovuluyormuş?
The -ul makes the verb passive. While kovmak is 'to fire someone', adding -ul creates kovulmak, which means 'to be fired'. Since the manager is the one receiving the action, we need the passive form here before adding our tense and inferential suffixes.
Why does iş (work) take the ablative suffix -ten here?
In Turkish, you are fired 'from' work, so we use the ablative case (-den / -dan / -ten / -tan) to show separation or the source of the action. The phrase işten kovulmak is the standard way to say 'to get fired from a job'.
Could we put neden at the beginning of the sentence, like we do in English?
You technically could say Neden müdür bugün işten kovuluyormuş?, but placing it right before the verb phrase is much more natural. In Turkish, question words usually sit exactly where the answer would go, which is typically right in front of the verb.