Breakdown of Olay üzerine polis, toplatılan ürünlere geldikleri gün el koydu.
polis
police officer
gelmek
to come
gün
day
ürün
product
olay
event
üzerine
upon, immediately after
toplatmak
to recall (products)
el koymak
to confiscate, to seize
Questions & Answers about Olay üzerine polis, toplatılan ürünlere geldikleri gün el koydu.
How is üzerine working in olay üzerine?
In this lesson's context, üzerine following a noun means upon or immediately following and in response to. So olay üzerine means upon the incident. It shows a sequence of events where the incident directly triggered the police's reaction, rather than meaning on top of in a physical sense.
Why is the dative case used in ürünlere?
The verb phrase el koymak means to confiscate or to seize (literally to put hand to). In Turkish, you put a hand to something, so this verb always requires the dative case. Therefore, confiscated the products becomes ürünlere el koydu.
How does the word toplatılan break down to mean recalled?
It is a chain of suffixes built on toplamak (to gather or collect). Adding the causative suffix gives toplatmak (to have someone gather, which is the standard term for recalling a product). Then the passive suffix makes it toplatılmak (to be recalled). Finally, the subject participle -an turns it into the adjective toplatılan (which were recalled).
Why is it geldikleri gün for the day they arrived?
To say the day that they arrived, you use a relative clause to modify the noun gün. Even though the products are the ones arriving, because the head noun being modified is a time word rather than the subject of the action, Turkish requires the -dik participle. We attach -dik and the third-person plural possessive -leri to gelmek, forming geldikleri gün.
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