Breakdown of Hem doktor hem de hemşire kararlarında sebat etti.
doktor
doctor
hemşire
nurse
karar
decision
de
too, also (de/da) / even if (concessive particle after conditional) / and (linking clauses)
Questions & Answers about Hem doktor hem de hemşire kararlarında sebat etti.
Why does kararlarında take the locative case (-da) here?
This is because of the verb sebat etmek (to persevere / to persist). In Turkish, certain verbs dictate the case of their objects. Sebat etmek governs the locative case, meaning you must use -da/-de to express the thing being persisted in.
The subject refers to both the doctor and the nurse, so why is the verb etti in the singular form rather than ettiler?
When a compound subject is linked by the conjunction hem ... hem de ... (both ... and ...), Turkish often keeps the verb in the singular third person, even when referring to multiple people. Using the plural ettiler is also grammatically correct, but the singular is very common and natural.
What are the exact suffixes attached to the word kararlarında?
It breaks down as karar (decision) + -lar (plural marker) + -ı (third-person possessive suffix referring to the doctor and nurse) + -n- (a buffer letter always required when adding a case ending to a possessive suffix) + -da (locative case governed by the verb).
Can I leave out the de and just say hem doktor hem hemşire?
Yes, you can. The core structure is hem ... hem .... Adding de to the second half is highly idiomatic and adds a slight emphasis, much like saying 'and also the nurse' in English, but both versions are perfectly correct.