Breakdown of Akşam televizyon seyrettik.
televizyon
television
akşam
evening
seyretmek
to watch (= izlemek)
Questions & Answers about Akşam televizyon seyrettik.
Why is there no word for 'in' attached to Akşam?
In Turkish, words for parts of the day like akşam (evening) or sabah (morning) act as time words all on their own. You do not need to add a location ending like -da or -de to mean 'in the evening.'
Why isn't there a specific object ending on televizyon?
We leave televizyon in its plain form because we are talking about the general activity of watching television, not a specific TV set. If you added the accusative case to make it televizyonu, it would mean you watched a specific physical TV.
How do the endings on seyrettik work?
The verb root is seyret- (to watch). We add -ti for the past tense. Notice it is -ti instead of -di because the root ends in the hard consonant 't'. Finally, the -k at the end is the personal ending for 'we'.
Is the verb seyretmek made up of two different words?
Yes! It is a compound verb made from the noun seyir (viewing) and the helper verb etmek (to do). When they combine, the second vowel in seyir drops out, giving us the single root seyret-.
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