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Locative case [-dA] as Derivational suffix
Locative case suffix [dA] with some words function just like a derivational suffix, since those words gain a new meaning and changes into a noun, an adjective or an adverb rather than staying as a word with locative case.
Since they become a fixed word with after taking locative case suffix. Therefore , we can say that locative –dA which is a case suffix, functioned as derivational suffix.
adverb
Söz – word
Söz + de = “ in word” -à however, it gains a new meaning which is “ supposedly”
Sözde –supposedly.
Now, it transformed into a new word which is “ supposedly”
Sözde bugün gelecekti. -à Supposedly [allegedly] he was gonna come today. [ But he didn’t ]
İkide bir [de] -à In literal locative meaning “ in two and in one , however, it gains a new meaning which is “ constantly, again and again, all the time, continually ”
- İkide bir bana aynı soruyu sorma -à Don’t keep asking me the same question [ Don’t ask me same question over and over again ]
Adjective
Sözde – “ so called ”
- Sözünü ettikleri sözde sağlıklı yaşam bana mantıksız geliyor.
“The so called healthy life ” they are talking about is just a nonsense to me.
Noun
Yüzde à Literally “in hundered” or “ in the face ”, however, it also gained a new meaning which is “ percentage , percent, commission ”
- Sınıfın yüzde yirmisi Türk öğrencilerden oluşmaktadır.
20 percent of school students are Turks.
Some other words
Sayende –> because of you
Sayende bu işi bitirdik. -à Because of you we were able to finish this job.
Yerinde -à “in its place” , it also gained a new meaning which is “ appropriate, relevant”
Birlikte à “ literally “in unity” , gained a new meaning which is “ together”
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