Word
Senin adaşın dün beni aradı.
Meaning
Your namesake called me yesterday.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Questions & Answers about Senin adaşın dün beni aradı.
How is the word adaş formed, and why isn't it spelled addaş?
It is formed by combining ad (name) with the fellowship suffix -daş. In Turkish, when this specific suffix is added to a word ending in -d, one of the matching consonants is dropped to make it smoother to pronounce. So, ad + -daş becomes adaş.
Does the -DAş suffix follow vowel harmony in this word?
Yes. The capital letters in -DAş indicate that it follows A-type vowel harmony and consonant mutation. Because ad has a back vowel, the suffix becomes -daş (rather than -deş). If the root ended in an unvoiced consonant, it would mutate to -taş or -teş (like in meslektaş).
Since adaşın already means 'your namesake', why is Senin included?
Why do we use the accusative beni here instead of the dative bana?