Word
Sözleştikten sonra yeni bir etkinlik planlayabildik.
Meaning
After we arranged to meet, we were able to plan a new event.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Sözleştikten sonra yeni bir etkinlik planlayabildik.
bir
a / an
yeni
new
sonra
after
planlamak
to plan
Questions & Answers about Sözleştikten sonra yeni bir etkinlik planlayabildik.
I see -tik in sözleştikten. Is this the same -dik used in the current lesson's -diği gibi structure?
Yes, it is the same underlying -dik suffix, which turns verbs into nouns or adjectives. However, to say 'after doing something', we add the ablative case -ten followed by sonra to make -dikten sonra. Notice that unlike the -diği gibi ('as he does') structure you are learning now, -dikten sonra doesn't use a possessive suffix for the person. The person doing the action is simply understood from the main verb, which is planlayabildik ('we' were able to).
What is the root of sözleştikten, and how does it mean 'arranged to meet'?
The root is the noun söz (word, promise). Adding the suffix -leş turns it into a reciprocal verb, sözleşmek, which literally means 'to exchange words or promises with each other'. In everyday Turkish, this is the standard and natural way to say 'to make an appointment' or 'to arrange to meet'.
Why is the word order yeni bir etkinlik and not bir yeni etkinlik?
In Turkish, when an adjective describes an indefinite noun (using 'a' or 'an'), the adjective almost always comes before the word bir. The standard pattern is 'adjective + bir + noun'. Saying bir yeni etkinlik would sound unnatural to a native speaker, though learners often mix this up since it differs from English.