Turkish: A Comprehensive Grammar

12.2.2.3 Pronominalized determiners as subjects
When the subject is a pronominalized determiner (18.4 (iv)), such as hiçbir-imiz ‘none of
us’, bazılarınız ‘some of you’, hangileri ‘which of them’, ‘which (ones)’ or one of the
pronominalized forms derived from the adverb hep (18.4 (v)) such as hepimiz ‘all of us’,
marking of the predicate with the appropriate person suffix may or may not be obligatory,
depending on the quantified pronoun.
(i) Hepimiz/hepiniz/hepsi (‘all of us/you/them’):
With the 1st and 2nd person forms of these quantified pronouns referring to allinclusive
groups, person marking is obligatory in both nominal and verbal predicates:
(70) Hepimiz tatilde deniz kıyısına gidiyoruz.
‘All of us go to the seaside in the vacation.’
The 3rd person form is most commonly used without a person marker, but it may also be
used with a 3rd person plural marker:
(71) Oyuncuların hepsi yeni kostümler istiyor(lar).
‘All the actors want new costumes.’
(ii) Hiçbirimiz/hiçbiriniz/hiçbiri (‘none of us/you/them’):
Where the 1st or 2nd person form of this pronoun occurs as subject, 1st or 2nd person
marking of a verbal predicate is optional:
(72) Hiçbirimiz bugün sokağa çıkmadı(k).
‘None of us went out today.’
Most speakers, however, regularly add person marking to nominal predicates:
(73) Neden hiçbiriniz evde değilsiniz?
‘Why are none of you at home today?’
With the 3rd person form hiçbiri ‘none of them’, the predicate is never plural marked:
(74) Hiçbiri gelmeyecek.
‘None of them is going to come.’
(iii) Bazı(ları)mız/bazı(ları)nız/bazısı/bazıları/kimimiz/kiminiz/kimisi/ kimileri (‘some of
us/you/them’):
With the 1st or 2nd person forms of these pronouns, person marking is optional on
both verbal and nominal predicates:
(75) Bazılarımız bu konudan hoşlanmıyor(uz).
‘Some of us don‘t like this topic.’
(76) Kiminiz burada değildi(niz).
‘Some of you weren‘t here.’
With the 3rd person forms bazısı, bazıları/kimisi/kimileri ‘some of them’, the preferred
form is for the predicate not to have plural marking:
(77) Bazıları evde yoktu.
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