http://www.turkishclass.com/turkish_lesson_319 -me/-ma
If one wants to make any given verb a noun, one should use -me/-ma.
One should add possessive suffix and accusative suffix to the verbal noun suffix if one wants to mean "to want someone to do something". This pattern tends to future. The pattern "-dik" tends to present time or past time.
Onu görmeni istiyorum.
görmeni
görmek (to see)
gör-
gör+me(noun maker)--->görme (seeing)
gör+me+n(possessive of 2nd singular)--->görmen (pure: your seeing)
gör+me+n+i(accusative)------------------>görmeni (pure: your seeing (acc.))
onu görmeni (pure: your seeing it)
onu görmeni istiyorum (pure: I want your seeing it) normally: I want you to see it.
"I" is the subject, "want" is the predicate and "your seeing it" is the definite object here.
gör+me(negation)+mek(infinitive)----------->görmemek (not to see)
gör+me(negation)
gör+me(negation)+me(noun maker)---------->görmeme (pure: not seeing)
gör+me(negation)+me(noun maker)+n(possessive of 2nd singular)+i(accusative suffix)--->görmemeni
Onu görmemeni istiyorum. (I want you not to see it.) (purely: I want your not seeing it.)
"not seeing it"
"your not seeing it" is the definite object.
Onu görmeni istemiyorum. (I don´t want you to see it.) (purely: I don´t want your seeing it.)
Gün boyunca okuması çok önemlidir. (It is very important that he reads during a day.)
oku+mak(infinitive)--------------------->okumak (to read)
oku+-
oku+ma(noun maker)---------------------------------->okuma (reading)
oku+ma(noun maker)+ı(possessive of 3rd sing.)--->okuması (pure: his reading)
okuması çok önemli (it is very important that he reads (pure: his reading is very important))
... boyunca (during ...)
gün (day)
gün boyunca okuması (pure: his reading during a day)
Adding generalization / meaning of general rule: -dir
http://www.turkishclass.com/turkish_lesson_358 (-dir for official genre)
http://www.turkishclass.com/turkish_lesson_359 (-dir for guess)
http://www.turkishclass.com/turkish_lesson_360 (-dir for generalization)
Sorry, I´m at school at the moment and I should go on studying for the final exams, otherwise I would explain in more details.
Edited (5/23/2014) by mehmet111
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