Questions & Answers about Onlar her ilkbahar doğayı kutsayageldiler.
How is the compound verb kutsayageldiler formed?
It uses the historical continuity structure you are learning. It starts with the verb root kutsa- (to bless). Because the root ends in a vowel, we add the buffer -y-, followed by the continuity suffix -agel-. Finally, we add the definite past tense suffix -di and the plural marker -ler.
Why does kutsayageldiler use the past tense -di if the translation says 'have been blessing'?
The compound verb -agelmek inherently means that an action has been done continuously from the deep past up to the present moment. When we attach the definite past suffix -di, the combination implies a long-standing tradition that is still valid today. You can think of it as 'their tradition of blessing has come all the way to this day.'
Why is it doğayı instead of just doğa?
Doğa (nature) is the direct object of the verb kutsamak (to bless). Because it refers to nature as a known, universal concept rather than 'some random nature', it takes the specific direct object (accusative) suffix -(y)ı.
Does her ilkbahar need a locative suffix like -da to mean 'in every spring'?