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1.       renee
25 posts
 05 Sep 2006 Tue 08:00 pm

I posted earlier and don't understand the meaning of and what it means "istemediğini bilir" and "istediğini" I know istemek is to want. Please help.

thanks in advance

2.       Seticio
550 posts
 05 Sep 2006 Tue 08:09 pm

it means he/she knows that you don't want to
istediği/n/i means that you want where -n is possesive suffix for 2nd person singular and -i is acusative, which means there should be a verb like bilmek, which requires acusative suffix

3.       renee
25 posts
 05 Sep 2006 Tue 08:12 pm

Thank you Setico for your help. its beyond me yet lol

4.       Daydreamer
3743 posts
 05 Sep 2006 Tue 08:13 pm

Quoting renee:

I posted earlier and don't understand the meaning of and what it means "istemediğini bilir" and "istediğini" I know istemek is to want. Please help.

thanks in advance



bilir - s/he knows
istememek - not to want

to say "s/he knows you don't (didn't) want" you have to use a THAT clause.

To construct it, you take the verb's root - isteme - in this case and add a -dik- participle followed by possessive ending (-in) and direct object ending (-i):

isteme-dik -in-i

and, finally, you have to make use of the consonant harmony (k becomes ğ if followed by a vowel)

and then you have

isteme-diğ-in-i bilir

any clearer now?

5.       renee
25 posts
 06 Sep 2006 Wed 01:57 pm

yes thats made it a lot clearer thank you very much

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