Breakdown of Ankette bazı insanlar cevap vermedi.
insan
person
cevap
answer
vermek
to give
anket
survey
bazı
some
Questions & Answers about Ankette bazı insanlar cevap vermedi.
The current lesson is about words like bazıları (some of them). Why is it just bazı here?
In this sentence, bazı is acting as an adjective directly describing the noun: bazı insanlar simply means "some people". You use bazıları when the word stands alone as a pronoun ("some of them"). While you could technically say insanların bazıları (some of the people), using bazı as an adjective is the most direct and common way to say "some people".
The subject is bazı insanlar (plural), so why is the verb vermedi in the singular form instead of vermediler?
In Turkish, if the third-person subject is plural and refers to humans, making the verb plural is actually optional! Because the subject insanlar already clearly shows it is plural, leaving the verb in the singular form (vermedi) is completely natural and very common in everyday Turkish.
Why does the word for survey (anket) take the suffix -te instead of -de for "in"?
This is a quick refresher on consonant mutation! Anket ends with a hard, voiceless consonant (t). When you add a suffix starting with d (like the locative case -de), that letter hardens to match it. So, -de becomes -te.
Why say cevap vermedi (did not give an answer) instead of using a single verb for "did not answer"?
While Turkish does have single verbs that mean "to answer" (such as cevaplamak or yanıtlamak), combining a noun with a helper verb is very common. The phrase cevap vermek (literally "to give answer") is the standard, most natural-sounding way to talk about replying to a person, a question, or a survey.
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