Rafadan yumurta mı güzeldir, hazırlop yumurta mı?
I understand that -mi, as a participle, makes the word before it a question. And I can probably figure out the context if its after a time span word:
Gelecek hafta mı?
And if its before an adjective:
Arabayı kırımızı mı?
Or if before a question word: (do you even need tp include it for these?)
Kim mi?
However, I can´t see how the participle makes the preceding noun (soft-boiled egg) into a question since an adjective follows (güzeldir)
Then for the other half, -mi? is last. So I don´t know how to read that except as "is he a hard-boiled egg?"
Mind you, this is not my sentence. Its an example from FSI Turkish website. But to answer it for practice, I want to understand the structure of this sentence. thanks always
First, a small correction:
Particle not participle.
Take a simple sentence for example:
Özne Nesne Eylem = Subj Verb Obj
Özne mi Nesne Eylem = Is it Subj that/who Verb Obj
Özne Nesne mi Eylem = Is it Obj that/whom Subj Verb
Özne Nesne Eylem mi = Axulalry Subj Verb Obj (Typical question format in English)
Özne (Subj) = Ali
Nesne (Obj) = Elif´i
Eylem (Verb) = seviyor
Ali Elif´i seviyor = Ali loves Elif
Ali mi Elif´i seviyor? = Is it Ali who loves Elif?
Ali Elif´i mi seviyor? = Is it Elif whom Ali loves?
Ali Elif´i seviyor mu? = Does Ali loves Elif?
"Kim mi?" is possible. It usually happens when somebody asks you "kim? = who?" and you ask back "who?"? ((why) Do you ask "who?"?).
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