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Lets Start with a short summary:
abilitative suffix : -ebil, -abil
I decided to use this term as potential will be misleading especially with its negative.
example:
yüzmek : infinitive (double click on yüzmek for its meaning)
yüz+er : s/he swims
yüz+ebil+ir : s/he may swim (permission), s/he might swim (possibility), s/he can swim (ability),
yüz+dü: s/he swam
yüz+ebil+di : s/he he could swim, s/he was able to swim
Negative of Abilitative Suffix : -e (+ me) , -a (+ ma)
example:
yüz+e+me+di: s/he couldnt swim
I'm also calling the "Negative of Abilitative Suffix" as unabaility suffix.
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As explained above uyumadım (I didn't sleep) or uyuyamadım (I couldn't sleep) can be used in Bod's sentence. So we could say:
Dün gece uyumadım. (I didn't sleep last night) or
Dün gece uyuyamadım. (I couldn't sleep last night)
Quoting deli: but isnt uyuyamamdim also = i couldnt sleep and uyumayabilirim= i might not be able to sleep ? |
There are some typos.
"But isn't uyuyamadım also = i couldnt sleep and uyumayabilirim = i might not be able to sleep ?"
The first part is OK but the second part doesnt fit the translation. So we either change the translation or we change the Turkish text. Here are both:
uyumayabilirim = I might not sleep
uyuyamayabilirim = I might be not able to sleep
These are not possible to use in the context bod mentioned but they are worth having a close look. So here it goes:
1. uyumayabilirim = I might not sleep
2. uyuyamayabilirim = I might be not able to sleep
1. uyumayabilirim : uyu + ma+ y+ abil + ir + im
verb stem 'uyu' + negative suffix 'ma' + buffer 'y' + Abilitative suffix, Positive 'abil' + aorist tense 'ir' + first singular personal suffix 'im'
So we have the potential of negative in the aorist tense. In other word, there is a possibility of something not to happen. This is the potential of negative (not the negative potential). What this means is that, I am able not to do something. I have the ability to choose something not to do.
2. uyuyamayabilirim : uyu + y + a + ma + y + abil + ir +im : verb stem 'uyu' + buffer 'y' + abilitative suffix, negative 'a' + negative suffix 'ma' + buffer 'y' + abilitative suffix, positive 'abil' + aorist tense 'ir' + first singular personal suffix 'im'
The red part is as follows: y buffer, a unability suffix, ma negative suffix. The unability suffix is always accompanied by the negative suffix next to it.
The 'a' together with 'ma' expresses unabaility.
The 'abil' is expressing possibility.
So we have the possibility of unabaility in aorist tense. This means that there is a possibility to being not able to do something.
You might start thinking that things are getting too complicated with that verb on number two but it is actually possible to continue the story by adding the narrative mood to number two: uyuyamayabilirdim :
"I could have been unable to sleep" (unreality)
Anyway. There is no end with grammar but the good news is that to can ignore it almost completely. You will learn these details by gaining a feeling from your readings. I have just uploaded a very simple story .
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Bugün çok yorunum ama çalişmeliyim çünkü yarın benim bir imtihan olum.