Breakdown of Müdürden olumlu bir cevap aldık.
bir
a / an
müdür
manager, director
cevap
answer
almak
to take, to buy
olumlu
positive
Questions & Answers about Müdürden olumlu bir cevap aldık.
Since this lesson is about -den dolayı, why is there only -den in müdürden?
The ablative case suffix -den has its basic meaning here: 'from'. Müdürden simply means 'from the manager'. While your current lesson teaches how dolayı pairs with this exact same suffix to mean 'because of' (like müdürden dolayı), here we are just using the standard 'from' meaning since we are receiving an answer from a person.
Why is it olumlu bir cevap instead of bir olumlu cevap?
In Turkish, when an adjective modifies a noun alongside the indefinite article bir (a/an), the adjective usually comes before bir. The standard order is [Adjective] + bir + [Noun], which gives us olumlu bir cevap rather than the literal English word order.
How is the word olumlu (positive) formed?
It is built from the noun olum (affirmation), which comes from the verb olmak (to be/to become), plus the suffix -lu meaning 'with' or 'having'. Its exact opposite is olumsuz (negative), which uses the suffix -suz meaning 'without'.
We usually learn almak as 'to buy'. Does it also mean 'to get' or 'to receive'?
Yes! While you frequently see almak used for buying things, its broader, core meaning is 'to take', 'to get', or 'to receive'. Because the sentence describes acquiring a response from someone, 'got' or 'received' is the most natural English translation here.
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