how does the suffix -meye work?
Here is my contribution
It is consisting of two suffixes: -mek+e => -meye ( -mak+a => -maya)
1) -mek/-mak => -ing
oku- =>read / okumak =>reading
2) -e/-a => for the purpose of
Dün bir kitap okumaya başladım - I started reading a book yesterday
Senin bakış açını anlamaya çalıştım - I tried seeing your point of view
Bugün onu görmeye gittim - I went seeing him today
Bu filmi görmeye niyetim yok - I have no intention of seeing this movie
As the Turkish language is tend to use nouns, English sentences having "to infinitive" often translated in Turkish using -meye:
I am trying to break your heart - Kalbini kırmaya çalışıyorum.
If you analyse the sentence, you will see what we say literally:
I am trying (for) breaking your heart.
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