Breakdown of Yeni bir deyim öğrendiğimiz kurs çok uzaktı.
bir
a / an
yeni
new
çok
very
öğrenmek
to learn
uzak
far
kurs
course
deyim
idiom
Questions & Answers about Yeni bir deyim öğrendiğimiz kurs çok uzaktı.
How does öğrendiğimiz kurs translate to the course where we learned? Where is the Turkish word for where?
Turkish doesn't use a relative word like where in this structure. Instead, it uses the object participle -dik to describe the place. Öğrendiğimiz literally acts like an adjective meaning that we learned. When it modifies a location noun like kurs, it translates naturally to the course where we learned. Notice there is no locative suffix (like -ta) attached to kurs!
Can you break down the suffixes in öğrendiğimiz?
Sure! It comes from the verb öğrenmek (to learn). We drop the -mek and add the participle suffix -dik, followed by the possessive ending -imiz (our) to show who is doing the learning. When -imiz is added, the k in -dik softens to ğ. So, öğren + -dik + -imiz = öğrendiğimiz.
What is the subject of this sentence?
Why does uzak have a -tı suffix in uzaktı?
The -tı is the past tense ending (a shortened form of the to be verb in the past, idi). Because the sentence is talking about something in the past, we attach the past tense suffix directly to the adjective uzak. The k at the end of uzak is a voiceless consonant, which changes the suffix from -dı to -tı.
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