Breakdown of Sınavda yedinci soruyu yanlış cevapladım.
soru
question
sınav
exam
yanlış
wrong
cevaplamak
to answer
yedinci
seventh
Questions & Answers about Sınavda yedinci soruyu yanlış cevapladım.
Why is there only one i in yedinci? I thought the suffix for ordinal numbers was -inci.
The suffix for ordinal numbers (like the English '-th') is indeed -ıncı, -inci, -uncu, or -üncü depending on vowel harmony. However, because yedi (seven) already ends in a vowel, the starting vowel of the suffix is dropped to avoid having two vowels right next to each other. This makes it yedinci instead of yediinci.
Why does soru have the suffix -yu attached to it?
soruyu is in the accusative case, which is used to mark a specific direct object. Because you are talking about a very specific question (the seventh question), you must add the accusative suffix -u. The y is a buffer letter used to smoothly separate the two vowels (soru-y-u).
How is the verb cevapladım formed?
The root of this word is actually the noun cevap (answer). In Turkish, you can often turn a noun into a verb by adding the suffix -la or -le. Here, cevap becomes cevaplamak (to answer). From there, we add the past tense suffix -dı and the first-person ending -m (I).
Why is yanlış placed right before the verb?
In Turkish, adverbs that describe exactly how an action is performed usually go immediately before the verb. So while in English you might say 'answered the question wrong' at the end of the sentence, in Turkish the word yanlış (wrong/incorrectly) is placed directly before the action word cevapladım.
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