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10.       gokuyum
5050 posts
 03 Nov 2012 Sat 02:34 pm

 

Quoting Abla

 

 

It depends on how you want to see the object (masaj dersleri). If it is governed by bitirmiş olacağım then you can see bitirmiş as a noun (or adjective) in that compound verb which as a wholeness takes accusative object. But if masaj dersleri is the object of bitirmiş then of course it it still a verb  -  nouns do not take objects. No idea really which interpretation is closer to the truth.

 

 

 

Great explanation. But don´t forget some nouns can take objects in Turkish. For example "bitirmiş" is an adjective verb. It can function as a noun but it can still take object.

 

Another example:

Okumayı bilen adam.

 

"bilen" is an adjective verb here. And okumayı is the object.

 

I think there are adjective verbs in English too. For example:

ongoing process

You see ongoing is an adjective but it is also a verb.

 

I have a question here. Can adjective verbs take objects in English? I guess they can´t because of structural differences. What is your opinion?

11.       Abla
3648 posts
 03 Nov 2012 Sat 03:50 pm

Participles and infinitives are neither pure verbs nor pure adjectives/nouns. They have features of both.

 

I cannot think about an example where an English verb functions as an adjective and takes and object. And I wonder if the reason could be put into words. I found a nice page about it but with no such examples:

 

                    http://www.langust.ru/unit_co/unit023c.shtml

 

Maybe our native English speakers can clarify it. Or si++. He wrote about these things in the "Gerunds" thread.

 

 

12.       Sinan80
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 04 Nov 2012 Sun 02:26 pm

Thank you everyone, this was helpful. Herkese çok teşekkürler

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