Breakdown of Yayıncılar on dakikada bir reklama girerse seyirci kanalı değiştirir.
on
ten
girmek
to enter
dakika
minute
değiştirmek
to change
bir
one
seyirci
spectator / audience
reklam
advertisement
yayıncı
broadcaster
kanal
channel
Questions & Answers about Yayıncılar on dakikada bir reklama girerse seyirci kanalı değiştirir.
How does the phrase on dakikada bir work to mean "once every ten minutes"?
This is the standard Turkish formula for expressing how often something happens within an interval. You take the time period (on dakika), add the locative case suffix (-da / -de, meaning "in"), and follow it with bir ("one"). Literally, it translates to "one in ten minutes."
Why is the dative case used in reklama girerse?
In Turkish, the common phrasing for a broadcaster "going to commercial" is reklama girmek (literally "to enter to advertisement"). Because the verb girmek (to enter) directs motion or transition toward a state, it requires the dative case suffix (-a / -e) on the destination.
Why are both verbs in this sentence in the aorist tense (girerse, değiştirir)?
This sentence expresses a general rule or predictable habit, rather than a specific, one-time event. When making "if/then" statements about general truths, Turkish pairs the aorist conditional (-erse / -arsa) with the aorist tense in the main clause (-ir / -ar).
What is the function of the -tir- suffix in değiştirir?
It is the causative suffix, which makes the verb transitive. The base verb değişmek means "to change" on its own (e.g., the weather changes). By adding -tir, we get değiştirmek, which means "to change something." Here, the audience is changing a specific object: the channel (kanalı).
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