Breakdown of Akşam televizyon seyrettik.
televizyon
television
akşam
evening
seyretmek
to watch (= izlemek)
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Questions & Answers about Akşam televizyon seyrettik.
Why is there no suffix for "in" attached to Akşam?
In Turkish, common parts of the day like akşam (evening), sabah (morning), and gece (night) are used all by themselves to mean "in the..." or "at...". You don't need to add a location suffix like -da or -de—just saying akşam is enough.
Where is the word for "we" (biz) in this sentence?
It is built right into the verb! The suffix -k at the very end of seyrettik is the personal ending for "we" in the past tense. Because the verb already tells us who is doing the action, the pronoun biz is usually dropped unless you want to add special emphasis.
How do the suffixes on seyrettik break down?
The base verb is seyret- (to watch). To make it past tense, we add -ti (it changes from -di to -ti to harmonize with the hard 't' at the end of seyret). Finally, we add -k, which is the "we" marker for the past tense. So: seyret (watch) + ti (past) + k (we) = we watched.
Why isn't it televizyonu with the specific object suffix?
When an object is general and non-specific, it sits right next to the verb in its bare, dictionary form. Here, the speakers were just "watching television" in general, not looking at a specific TV set (which would be "the television"). Therefore, no specific object suffix (-i / -u) is needed.