Breakdown of Buna ek olarak iki soru daha var.
iki
two
var
there is / existent
soru
question
daha
more
buna ek olarak
in addition to this
Questions & Answers about Buna ek olarak iki soru daha var.
Could we use yanı sıra, the focus of this lesson, instead of ek olarak in this sentence?
Yes, you can! To mean "Besides this" or "In addition to this", you can absolutely say Bunun yanı sıra. Notice that yanı sıra requires the genitive case (Bunun), whereas ek olarak requires the dative case (Buna) because you are adding to something. Both phrases are very common and often interchangeable.
How is the phrase Buna ek olarak built?
Ek is a noun meaning "addition" (or "attachment"). Olarak comes from the verb olmak (to be) plus the adverbial suffix -arak, meaning "as" or "by being". Together, ek olarak literally means "as an addition". We use the dative case Buna (to this) before it to say "as an addition to this".
Why does daha come after iki soru rather than before it?
When used with quantities to mean "X more of something", daha comes after the noun phrase in Turkish: iki soru daha (two more questions), bir kahve daha (one more coffee). If you put it before the phrase (daha iki soru var), it changes the meaning to "there are still two questions" or "there are only two questions so far".
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