Word
Yaşlılar bu öğretiyi başarıyla sürdüregeldi.
Meaning
The elders have successfully maintained this teaching.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Yaşlılar bu öğretiyi başarıyla sürdüregeldi.
bu
this
yaşlı
old (people)
ile
with / by / and (linking nouns)
başarı
success
Questions & Answers about Yaşlılar bu öğretiyi başarıyla sürdüregeldi.
How is the compound verb sürdüregeldi formed and what does it tell us about the timeline?
It combines the verb sürdürmek (to maintain) with gelmek (to come) using the vowel connector -e-. The -(y)Agelmek suffix shows historical continuity. It means the elders started maintaining this teaching in the past and have continuously kept doing it all the way up to the present.
Why does the verb use the root sürdür- instead of just sür-?
The base verb sürmek is intransitive and means 'to last' or 'to continue' on its own. By adding the causative suffix -dür, it becomes sürdürmek, which is transitive and means 'to make something continue' or 'to maintain'. Since the elders are actively maintaining a specific object (the teaching), we need this transitive form.
Why does the word öğreti take the -yi suffix in this sentence?
The noun öğreti means 'teaching' or 'doctrine'. Because 'this teaching' is the specific direct object that the elders are maintaining, it requires the definite accusative suffix -i. The -y- acts as a buffer letter to separate the vowels.
How does the word başarıyla translate to 'successfully'?
It combines the noun başarı (success) with the instrumental suffix -(y)la (with). Literally translating to 'with success', this is the standard way to create the adverb 'successfully' in Turkish.