Questions & Answers about İnsan hakları evrenseldir.
How is the word evrensel formed in this sentence?
It uses the relational adjective suffix -sel. When attached to the noun evren (universe), it creates the adjective evrensel (universal). This suffix follows 2-way vowel harmony, which is why it takes the e-based form here rather than -sal.
Why does hakları have an -ı at the end?
The phrase insan hakları is an indefinite noun compound. In Turkish, when you put two nouns together to name a concept, the second noun must take a possessive suffix. Here, hak (right) gets the plural -lar followed by the third-person possessive -ı to link it to insan (human).
What does the -dir add to evrenseldir?
The -dir suffix functions as the copula (the "to be" verb) and emphasizes that this is an objective fact or general truth. While you could just say İnsan hakları evrensel in casual speech, adding -dir makes the statement sound like an official, established principle.
Since the subject İnsan hakları is plural, why isn't the predicate pluralized as evrensellerdir?
In Turkish, when the subject is a non-human plural (like concepts, animals, or objects), the verb or predicate almost always remains in the third-person singular form. Because "rights" are non-human, evrenseldir is correct and adding a plural suffix to it would sound unnatural.
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