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1.       Siavash2015
38 posts
 13 Apr 2017 Thu 02:17 pm

Hello everyone.

Would you please help me with this?

İzmire hangi yoldan gidilir?

Why does the verb "gidilir"  has been used?

Why is it third person singular?

 

Much obliged beforehand



Edited (4/13/2017) by Siavash2015
Edited (4/13/2017) by Siavash2015

2.       denizli
970 posts
 13 Apr 2017 Thu 04:22 pm

It´s like which road ´goes´ to Izmir. So that´s why it´s 3rd person. The ´il´ doesn´t translate well to English, in this case. Would be sort of like ´gets taken´. It´s called passive voice:

http://www.turkishclass.com/turkish_lesson_338 

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3.       Siavash2015
38 posts
 14 Apr 2017 Fri 12:34 am

Teşekkür ederim.

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