Turkish

<p>
        In a question it is common to put the question particle at the end of the sentence.
        This is not necessary however.
    </p>

    <p>
        If you want to stress a particular part of the sentence, then you can put the question particle behind this part.
        This shows that <strong>it is the part before the question particle that you are questioning</strong>, while you already assume the rest of the sentence to be true.
    </p>

    <p>
        In the three questions in the table below you assume and question different things:
    </p>

    <ul>
        <li>In the first sentence below you assume nothing.</li>
        <li>In the second sentence you assume that there is someone who wants coffee, and you ask whether it is Elif.</li>
        <li>In the third sentence you assume that Elif wants something, and you ask whether it is coffee that she wants.</li>
    </ul>

    <table class="ui celled fixed table">
        <tbody><tr>
            <td>Does Elif want coffee?</td>
            <td>Elif kahve istiyor mu?</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Is it Elif who wants coffee?</td>
            <td>Elif mi kahve istiyor?</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Is it coffee that Elif wants?</td>
            <td>Elif kahve mi istiyor?</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody></table>

Stress inside questions

noun

adjective

determiner

verb

adverb

postposition

interjection

conjunction

pronoun

sentence

phrase

Unknown

NOUN - vowel harmony, consonant harmony

NOUN - vowel harmony, no consonant harmony

NOUN - no vowel harmony, consonant harmony

NOUN - no vowel harmony, no consonant harmony

VERB - intransitive, passive

VERB - intransitive, non-passive

VERB - transitive, non-causative

VERB - transitive, causative

VERB - ablative

VERB - dative

VERB - locative

VERB - accusative

VERB - intransitive, reciprocal

VERB - intransitive, reflexive

VERB - auxiliary

Word	Elif mi kahve istiyor?
Meaning	Is it Elif who wants coffee?
Part of speech	sentence
Pronunciation
Course	Turkish
Lesson	Stress inside questions

Turkish - Elif mi kahve istiyor?

Breakdown of Elif mi kahve istiyor?

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