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10.       defacto
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 06 Oct 2015 Tue 01:48 pm

Rica ederim emine nur

11.       defacto
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 06 Oct 2015 Tue 01:48 pm

Rica ederim emine nur

12.       JNQ
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 07 Oct 2015 Wed 10:33 am

U should understand that you are actually using a noun here: söyleme.

Where in English you say ´I want you to sing´ in Turkish you actually say ´I want your singing´.

Here is some explanation: http://www.turkishlanguage.co.uk/infinitive.htm 

In yapmasını the construction is

-ma = verb to noun (mak - k), -ing

-sı = his

-n = connection ´n´

ı = object condition/accusative

Yapmasını litterally means ´his/her making´ but we translate it as ´him/her to make´.

 

 

 



Edited (10/7/2015) by JNQ

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