Ouch, I don´t know if this is very sharp-eyed psychology or what but it wouldn´t work with most people.

It´s an interesting motivation for gerek- but not an unusual one. One of the things that often take language (and the world outside language as well) forward is misunderstanding.

How ´bout these?

cuşidan = to boil in Farsi -> cuşiş is noun form of the same root

cuşiş was misinterpreted as coş-uş (a verb and -iş suffix) and voila we have created a new verb coş-mak. Normally Turkish words do not begin with a "c".

I speculate that the same thing happened for cay-mak (misinterpreting cay-iş from Farsi the same way) (Nişanyan sözlük gives some Turkish roots but mentions that this verb cannot be attested before 15th century so I may be right)

And in slang language:

manyak = maniac is misinterpreted as manya-k (iste-k, dile-k etc) and then a new verb is created; manya-mak.

This manyamak is a nice one. Is it a transitive verb? Innovations like this are possible and even probable in languages which derive new words.

In the long run, analogy might be a part of language development and what we see as funny incidents (or accidents) can actually show how new rules come to life. After all, the great majority of language users cannot distinguish their head from their toe.

I tend to think this way. What we see now is just a momentary view but actually everything in language is in action, moving somewhere.

İntransitive. And only in slang language. In regular language we have

manyak-laşmak = to become (like) a maniac

I have been thinking a lot how to do this in another way. It’s unconscionable to ask for something all the time and I am not unconscionable. But I have nowhere else to ask and this is how things are at the moment.

History related questions for children:

The United Kingdom has a monarch as head of state; however, the government is led by a prime minister. Has there ever been a female prime minister of the United Kingdom? Birleşik Krallığın devlet başı olan bir hükümdarı var. Ama hükümet başbakan tarafından yönetilir. Birleşik Krallığın hiç bir kadın başbakanı var mıydı?

What was the name of the famous ship that left the British port of Southampton with the aim of reaching New York City in the United States? The ship sank in 1912 after hitting an iceberg in the middle of the north Atlantic Ocean. Amerika Birleşik Devletlerindeki New York’a uzanmak için Britanya’ya ait Southampton limandan kalkmış ünlü geminin adı neydi? Gemi, 1912’de Kuzey Atlas Okyanusunun ortasında buzdağına çarpmadan sonra battı.

The denomination of Christianity known as Roman Catholicism has a long history. The head of the Catholic church lives in the European country of Vatican City but what is this person most commonly known as? Katoliklik iken tanınan Hristianlikteki mezhebinin uzun bir tarihi var. Katolik Kilisenin başı Vatikan denilen Avrupa ülkesinde yaşıyor, ama bu kişi en genellikle ne isim ile bilinir?

Which European city was divided by a wall by which capitalism was to the west and Communism was to the east? Avrupa kentlerinden hangisinde, kapitalizm batıya komünizm doğuya bir duvarla bölünmüş idi?

The Cold War was a war of words and hostility mainly between the USSR and which country? Soğuk savaş genellikle SSCB ile hangi ülke arasındaki söz savaşı ve düşmanlık anlamına geldi?

In 1969, three men were sent up into space in the Apollo missions. On what body in space did they land? 1969’da üç erkek Apollo’nun özel görevleri için uzaya gönderildi. Uzaydaki hangi cisim üzerine indirdiler?

Tiananmen Square is a place in Asia that many view as the symbol of dictatorship and lack of free speech. In which country is Tiananmen Square? Tiananmen Meydan, birçok kişinin diktatörlük ile ifade özgürsüzünün sembolü olarak gördüğü Asya’daki yerdir. Tiananmen Meydan hangi ülkede bulunuyor?

Nelson Mandela is celebrated around the world as a man who advanced the issue of racism. Of what African country was he the president? Nelson Mandela ırkçılık sorununu ilerlettiği bir adam olarak bütün dünyada kutlanıyor. Hangi Afrika devlet başkanı idi?

What was the name of the Princess of Wales who unfortunately died in 1997 as a result of a car crash in Paris? Paris’te bir araba kazası sonucu 1997’de maalesef ölmüş Galler Prensesinin adı neydi?

In 1997, who became the Labour prime minister of the United Kingdom? Kim 1997’de Birleşik Krallığın Labor partili başbakanı oldu?

Saddam Hussein was the dictator of a Middle Eastern country in which a war began in 2003. What is the name of this country? Saddam Hüseyin savaşın 2003’te başladığı bir Ortadoğu ülkesinin diktatörü idi. Bu ülkenin adı nedir?

In which US state was gold discovered in 1849? Altın ABD’nin hangi eyaletinde 1849’da keşfetildi?

In Roman times, what did the townspeople have to pay to see a gladiator contest, or to watch a play? Roma zamanında şehir halkı, bir gladyatör mücadelesi görmek veya bir oyun seyretmek için ne ödemeli?

Eva Peron was a very special lady in her country until she died in 1952 - which country was this? Eva Peron, 1952’deki ölümüne kadar kendi ülkesinde çok özel bir bayandı. Bu ülke hangisiydi?

No problem!

Sağ olun, si++. Long live.

Interesting: word order seems to be the problem of the week.

I changed some to get better meanings. Other than that, they are not wrong grammatically.

Notes:

1. ...bu kişi en genellikle/çok ne isim ile bilinir? Another usage of çok which I was not aware of.

2. Never heard of nere before but it seems to be a handy question word. It acts like any noun, doesn´t it?

3. ...ırkçılık sorununu ilerlettiği ilerleten/iyileştiren bir adam olarak... Another example of the importance of following the rules. When the relative pronoun in the English equivalent is the subject of the verb (´who advanced the issue of racism´ present participle is used. It´s not about when it happened in the time-line.

"nere" is a derivative of "ne" (what) and means where or what place. You can use it anyway you would use any noun.

with case suffixes:

nere-yi? (accusative)

nere-ye? (dative)

nere-de? (locative)

nere-den? (ablative)

with derivational suffixes:

nere-li?

nere-lik?

nere-siz?

nere-ci?

with possessive suffixes:

nere-m?

nere-n?

nere-si?

nere-miz?

nere-niz?

nere-leri?

etc.etc.

Of course I know it now when I see the different forms. One should always keep in mind that any Turkish word with more than two syllables can be split into pieces and modified like a toy train. Thanks again.