Breakdown of Önce evrakları ayrıştıralım ve sınıflandıralım.
ve
and
önce
before / first / firstly
evrak
document / paperwork (official papers)
sınıflandırmak
to classify
Questions & Answers about Önce evrakları ayrıştıralım ve sınıflandıralım.
How is the verb ayrıştıralım formed, and how is it different from just using ayıralım (let's separate)?
It starts with the root ayır- (to separate). Adding the reciprocal/collective suffix -ış makes it ayrışmak (to separate into parts/decompose)—notice that the second 'ı' drops out. Then, the causative suffix -tır is added to make ayrıştırmak (to cause to separate into parts / to sort out). While ayıralım just means 'let's separate', ayrıştıralım specifically emphasizes sorting a mixed group into its constituent parts.
What is the word-building logic behind sınıflandıralım?
It is built from the noun sınıf (class or category). The suffix -lan turns it into the verb sınıflanmak (to become categorized), and the causative suffix -dır turns it into sınıflandırmak (to assign into categories / to classify). Finally, the 1st-person plural optative ending -alım makes it 'let's classify'.
I thought evrak was originally a plural word. Why does it take the plural suffix -lar in evrakları?
You are correct that historically, evrak is the Arabic plural of the word for 'leaf' or 'paper'. However, in modern Turkish, evrak has been fully adopted as a singular noun meaning 'document'. To talk about multiple documents, you must use the standard Turkish plural suffix to make evraklar, followed here by the accusative case -ı (evrakları) because they are the specific direct objects of the verbs.