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bu ne demek?
1.       Siavash2015
38 posts
 20 Apr 2017 Thu 08:19 pm

Hi everyone. Sorry for too many questions.

I searched a lot but I still can´t understand what form this sentence is.

 

Bu ne demek?

 

Why infinitive form"demek" has been used here?

2.       denizli
970 posts
 20 Apr 2017 Thu 08:46 pm

Good question. I don´t have a good grammatical explanation. We just accept this.

 

In this context demek is not a verb it means ´meaning´. I´m curious now if there are any other cases something ending in ´mek´ or ´mak´ sometimes a verb and sometimes not.

3.       harp00n
3993 posts
 21 Apr 2017 Fri 08:49 am

 

Quoting Siavash2015

Hi everyone. Sorry for too many questions.

I searched a lot but I still can´t understand what form this sentence is.

 

Bu ne demek?

 

Why infinitive form"demek" has been used here?

 

It´s daily Turkish.

Bunun anlamı nedir ? = Bu ne demek ? = What does it mean ?

4.       Gihad83
2 posts
 28 Apr 2017 Fri 09:11 am

I think it is a short sentence from : Bu ne demek istiyor. So that can explain the infinitive.

Good luck

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