Breakdown of Onların fuarda dağılışı çok ilginçti; kimisi sağa, kimisi sola gitti.
o
that / he / she / it
çok
very
gitmek
to go
ilginç
interesting
sağ
right
sol
left
kimisi
some / some of them
dağılmak
to disperse / to scatter
fuar
fair (trade, event) / exhibition
Questions & Answers about Onların fuarda dağılışı çok ilginçti; kimisi sağa, kimisi sola gitti.
Why use kimisi instead of just kimi here? Are they interchangeable?
Yes, they are practically interchangeable here. Both mean 'some' in this correlative structure. The form kimisi includes the 3rd person possessive suffix -si, literally meaning 'some of them.' Because the first half of the sentence establishes a specific group with Onların (their), using kimisi emphasizes that 'some of that specific group' went left or right.
How is the word dağılışı formed to mean 'way of dispersing'?
It comes from the verb dağılmak (to disperse or scatter). Adding the verbal noun suffix -ış creates the noun dağılış, which focuses on the 'manner' or 'act' of the action (the way of dispersing). The final -ı is the possessive suffix that connects it to Onların (their way of dispersing).
If kimisi refers to multiple people ('some'), why is the verb gitti in the singular?
Even though the meaning is plural, indefinite pronouns like kimisi (some), herkes (everyone), and hiçbiri (none of them) take singular verbs in Turkish. Saying kimisi... gittiler would sound unnatural to a native speaker.
What role do the suffixes on sağa and sola play?
They are the dative case suffixes -a, attached to the root nouns sağ (right) and sol (left). Because the verb gitmek (to go) implies motion toward a destination, you must use the dative case to express going 'to' the right and 'to' the left.
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