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| 🇹🇷 Türkçe & 🇬🇧 İngilizce | ❓ Grammar Explanations (in English) |
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| 1. Ece ve arkadaşları cumartesi günü piknik yapacaklardı. ➡️ Ece and her friends were going to have a picnic on Saturday. |
❓ Q: What does “yapacaklardı” mean? ✅ A: It means “they were going to do”. It shows a plan made in the past that didn’t happen. |
| 2. Ece, lezzetli sandviçler hazırlayacaktı. ➡️ Ece was going to prepare delicious sandwiches. |
❓ Q: Why is there a ‘y’ in “hazırlayacaktı”? ✅ A: Because the verb “hazırla” ends with a vowel. We add ‘y’ before “-acak” to connect it smoothly. |
| 3. Arkadaşı Can, evden meyve suyu getirecekti. ➡️ His friend Can was going to bring fruit juice from home. |
❓ Q: Why “Arkadaşı Can”? ✅ A: “-sı” means ‘his/her’. “Arkadaşı Can” = “His friend Can”. |
| 4. Hep birlikte parka yürüyeceklerdi. ➡️ They were all going to walk to the park together. |
❓ Q: Why “yürüyeceklerdi” with a ‘y’? ✅ A: The verb “yürü” ends with a vowel. We add ‘y’ before “-ecek”. |
| 5. Orada top oynayacaklardı. ➡️ They were going to play ball there. |
❓ Q: Why “oynayacaklardı” with a ‘y’? ✅ A: The verb “oyna” ends with a vowel. We add ‘y’ before “-acak”. |
| 6. Ancak cumartesi sabahı hava çok bulutluydu. ➡️ But on Saturday morning, the weather was very cloudy. |
❓ Q: Why “bulutluydu” with a ‘y’? ✅ A: The word “bulutlu” ends with a vowel. We add ‘y’ before the past tense “-du”. |
| 7. Hatta biraz sonra yağmur yağacaktı. ➡️ In fact, it was going to rain a little later. |
❓ Q: What does “yağacaktı” mean? ✅ A: It means “it was going to rain”. This form is used for weather events. |
| 8. Bu yüzden planlarını değiştireceklerdi. ➡️ Therefore, they were going to change their plans. |
❓ Q: What does “planlarını” mean? ✅ A: “plan-lar-ı-n-ı” = plans + their + the. It means “their plans” as the object. |
| 9. Bunun yerine sinemaya gideceklerdi. ➡️ Instead, they were going to go to the cinema. |
❓ Q: Why “sinemaya” with a ‘y’? ✅ A: “Sinema” ends with a vowel. We add ‘y’ before the direction suffix “-a” (to). |
| 10. Ece, biletleri internetten alacaktı. ➡️ Ece was going to buy the tickets online. |
❓ Q: Why “alacaktı” and not “alacakdı”? ✅ A: After future tense “-acak”, the past suffix “-dı” becomes “-tı”. |
| 11. Can da hepsine patlamış mısır ısmarlayacaktı. ➡️ And Can was going to treat everyone to popcorn. |
❓ Q: Why “ısmarlayacaktı” with a ‘y’? ✅ A: The verb “ısmarla” ends with a vowel. We add ‘y’ before “-acak”. |
| 12. Saat iki’de buluşacaklardı. ➡️ They were going to meet at two o’clock. |
❓ Q: What does “buluşacaklardı” mean? ✅ A: It means “they were going to meet”. It shows a past arrangement. |
| 13. Fakat Ece’nin annesi onları evde bekliyordu. ➡️ But Ece’s mother was waiting for them at home. |
❓ Q: Why “bekliyordu”? ✅ A: This is past continuous tense (was waiting). It shows an action in progress in the past. |
| 14. Annesi, “Sürpriz! Hepiniz için pasta yaptım,” dedi. ➡️ Her mother said, “Surprise! I made a cake for all of you.” |
❓ Q: Why “yaptım” and not “yapacaktım”? ✅ A: “Yaptım” is simple past (I made). It’s a completed action, not a plan. |
| 15. Sonunda hepsi evde kaldı ve annesinin pastasını yediler. ➡️ In the end, they all stayed home and ate her mother’s cake. |
❓ Q: What does “annesinin pastasını” mean? ✅ A: “anne-s-i-n-i-n pasta-s-ı-n-ı” = her mother’s cake (as the object). The suffixes show possession and object. |