Breakdown of Spot oyuncuyu aydınlattığında büyük bir alkış duyduk.
bir
a / an
büyük
big
duymak
to hear
oyuncu
actor / player
aydınlatmak
to illuminate
spot
spotlight
alkış
applause
Questions & Answers about Spot oyuncuyu aydınlattığında büyük bir alkış duyduk.
How do the suffixes in aydınlattığında combine to mean "when it illuminated"?
The root is aydınlat- (to illuminate). We add -tık (a variant of the -dık suffix, changing because aydınlat- ends in a hard consonant). Next comes the 3rd-person possessive -ı because the spotlight is doing the action. This suffix softens the k to ğ. Finally, we add the buffer -n- and the locative suffix -da ("at the time of"). Result: aydınlat + tığ + ı + n + da.
Why does oyuncu take the accusative suffix here (oyuncuyu)?
It is the specific direct object of the verb aydınlattığında. Because the spotlight illuminated a specific actor ("the actor"), it needs the accusative case. We add the buffer -y- and the suffix -u to match the vowels in oyuncu.
Why is the word order büyük bir alkış instead of bir büyük alkış?
What is the base word for the verb aydınlattığında?
The verb aydınlatmak (to illuminate) is built from the adjective aydın, which means bright, clear, or luminous. The suffix -lat turns it into a verb meaning "to make bright".
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