Breakdown of Yeni sıralamaya sen mi baktın?
yeni
new
sen
you
bakmak
to look
mi
question particle (mı/mi/mu/mü)
Questions & Answers about Yeni sıralamaya sen mi baktın?
Why is sen placed right before the verb instead of at the beginning?
In Turkish, the most important piece of information (the focus) goes immediately before the verb. Because the speaker specifically wants to know if you were the one who looked, the pronoun sen is moved from the beginning of the sentence to this pre-verbal focus position.
Why is the question particle mi placed after sen rather than at the end of the sentence?
The question particle mi follows the exact word you are questioning. Putting it right after sen emphasizes the focus: Was it you who looked? If the sentence were Yeni sıralamaya sen baktın mı?, the focus would shift to the verb, simply asking if the action of looking happened.
Why does the word sıralama change to sıralamaya?
The verb bakmak (to look) requires its object to take the dative case, because in Turkish you look to something. We add the dative ending -a to sıralama (ranking), using the buffer letter y to separate the two vowels, creating sıralamaya.
How is the word sıralama built?