Sorunun farkındayım.

I am aware of the problem.

Breakdown of Sorunun farkındayım.

• sorun: the problem
• farkında olmak: to be aware of

Questions & Answers about Sorunun farkındayım.

What is sorunun made of?

The base noun is sorun = problem / issue.

Here it appears as sorun + -un, where -un is the genitive ending, so sorunun means of the problem.

The ending is -un because of vowel harmony. Turkish genitive has four common forms:

• -ın
• -in
• -un
• -ün

Since sorun has the vowel u in its last syllable, -un is the correct form.

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Why is it sorunun farkındayım and not sorunu farkındayım?

Because farkında olmak uses a genitive noun before it.

So Turkish says:

• X-in farkında olmak = to be aware of X

That is why you get:

• sorunun farkındayım = I am aware of the problem

If you used sorunu, that would be the accusative form, which is used for direct objects, and it does not fit this pattern.

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