Breakdown of Şirket tazminatı dün ödedi.
dün
yesterday
şirket
the company
ödemek
to pay
tazminat
compensation or severance pay
Questions & Answers about Şirket tazminatı dün ödedi.
What is the word-by-word structure of Şirket tazminatı dün ödedi?
A simple breakdown is:
- şirket = company
- tazminatı = compensation + -ı accusative ending
- dün = yesterday
- ödedi = paid
So the structure is basically:
subject + object + time expression + verb
Very literally, Turkish is doing something like:
Company compensation-ACC yesterday paid
Why does tazminat become tazminatı?
Because it is the direct object, and in this sentence it is understood as a specific/definite one.
Turkish often marks a definite direct object with the accusative ending. Here that ending is -ı.
So:
- tazminat = compensation
- tazminatı = the compensation / compensation as a definite direct object
The form of the suffix changes by vowel harmony:
- -ı / -i / -u / -ü
Since the last vowel in tazminat is a, the correct form here is -ı.
How do I know that şirket is the subject and tazminatı is the object?