Hi can anyone write the way of writing a sentence that has two sentences such as:
I am trying to fix the door
I will stay to visit Grandma
I want to start learning turkish.
Thanks in advance
Hi farah, Good luck with your learning Turkish. I will try to explain the first sentence .
Turkish word order is SOV [ Subject + Object + Verb [action] ]
So, if we follow the order, we need to start with searching for the Subject ;
1. Subject which denotes the "doer" who does the action is ---> I
The pronoun "I" in Turkish is "Ben", however the pronouns generally are embedded in the sentence. [onto the verb]
BEN ………………………………..
2. The next step , we need to find the object of the sentence. To find the object we ask the main verb [to try] the question "what", ----> What am I trying to do ? ---> I am trying to fix the door.
so , the object complement in this sentence is ---> to fix the door
tamir etmek = to fix --------> tamir etme ---> fixing
but it is in verbal form and functions as "object of the sentence"
now we have BEN KAPI TAMİR ETME
we need to make the door as a ´certain door´ ----> the door , In other words, it is a certain door, it is NOT any door, it is the door that we are talking about .
To make it definite we add one of the following suffixes "i,ı,u,ü" due to vowel harmony.
BEN KAPI + I ---> we go for "ı" and we need buffer letter to combine two vowels, which is "y".
KAPI + Y + I ----> the door
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plus, the verb "çalışmak´ - to try requires the dative ending "e or a "
in other words, we try to do something….
to = "e " or " a "
BEN KAPIYI TAMİR ETMEYE
3. Finally , we need to put "Verb" in the end, which is "çalışmak"
but the verb is in present progressive tense, " trying"
ing -----> iyor, ıyor, uyor , üyor
take stem ----> çalış
add ing ----> ıyor
add personal ending ---> um ---> the embedded form of "I".
ÇALIŞIYORUM ----> I am trying
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now put them all together in order.
BEN KAPIYI TAMİR ETMEYE ÇALIŞIYORUM.
Edited (5/3/2013) by tunci
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