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Necessitive Suffix and multiple verbs
1.       bod
5999 posts 		 09 Feb 2007 Fri 04:33 pm

Is the verbal noun suffix -me or a simple possessive suffix used with the necessitive suffix -meli-???

For example:
I think now we must talk Turkish

Şimdi Türkçeyi konuşmalıyız sanırım
or
Şimdi Türkçeyi konuşmalımayız sanırım

2.       caliptrix
3055 posts 		 09 Feb 2007 Fri 04:41 pm

Quoting bod:

Is the verbal noun suffix -me or a simple possessive suffix used with the necessitive suffix -meli-???

For example:
I think now we must talk Turkish

Şimdi Türkçeyi konuşmalıyız sanırım
or
Şimdi Türkçeyi konuşmalımayız sanırım



First one is ok, second is wrong.

By the way, "Türkçe" is not a thing that you are talking. This is the language! If your topic is Turkish, you may say: "Türkçeyi" konuşuyoruz". But I guess you are talking about the language you use. So that, it must be "Türkçe konuşmalıyız."

Another example:

Topic: Ahmet's new house: Ahmet'in yeni evi

Ahmet'in yeni evini konuşuyoruz.
We are talking Ahmet's new house.

But language: İngilizce

Ahmet'le İngilizce konuşuyorum. << İngilizce is not your topic. If it were, it would be:

Topic: İngilizce

Ahmet'le İngilizceyi konuşuyorum.
We are talking to Ahmet the English language.

I hope it is easy to get the main idea.

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