Word
Bir kere daha söyler misin?
Meaning
Could you say it one more time?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Bir kere daha söyler misin?
söylemek
to say, to sing
daha
more
mi
question particle (mı/mi/mu/mü)
bir
one
Questions & Answers about Bir kere daha söyler misin?
Since this lesson is about distributives, could we use "birer" here and say "Birer kere daha söyler misin?"
You could, but it changes the meaning! Bir kere means "one time". If you use the distributive form birer kere, it means "one time each". You would only use birer kere daha söyler misiniz? if you were talking to multiple people and asking them to each repeat what they said.
Why is the aorist tense used here (söyler) instead of the present continuous (söylüyor)?
In Turkish, the aorist tense (indicated by the -r in söyler) is the standard way to make polite requests, translating well to "would you" or "could you" in English. If you asked Bir kere daha söylüyor musun?, it would literally mean "Are you saying it one more time right now?", which sounds factual rather than polite.
Why does daha come after bir kere? In English we say "one MORE time".
Could I use the verb demek (to say) instead of söylemek here?