Breakdown of Repliklerini hatırladığın sürece suflöre ihtiyacın yok.
ihtiyaç
the need
yok
to not have
replik
an actor's line
suflör
a theatrical prompter
Questions & Answers about Repliklerini hatırladığın sürece suflöre ihtiyacın yok.
What does repliklerini mean, and how is it built?
Repliklerini means your lines in this sentence.
It breaks down like this:
- replik = line, spoken line, reply
- -ler = plural
- -in = your
- -i = accusative marker
So:
- replikler = lines
- repliklerin = your lines
- repliklerini = your lines as the direct object of the verb
Turkish often packs a lot of information into suffixes, so one word can correspond to several English words.
Why is repliklerini in the accusative?
Because it is a specific direct object.
The verb hatırlamak means to remember, and here the speaker is talking about a definite set of lines: your lines. In Turkish, definite/specific direct objects usually take the accusative.
So:
- repliklerini hatırlamak = to remember your lines
- the -i at the end marks that object as specific
This is very common in Turkish. English does not mark this difference on the noun, but Turkish does.
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