Learn Hardcore Turkish: Araştırma raporu yenilik ölçütünü inceleyeceği yerde biçime baktı. - Instead of examining the novelty criterion as expected, the search report checked the formatting.

Word

Araştırma raporu yenilik ölçütünü inceleyeceği yerde biçime baktı.

Meaning

Instead of examining the novelty criterion as expected, the search report checked the formatting.

Part of speech

sentence

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Breakdown of Araştırma raporu yenilik ölçütünü inceleyeceği yerde biçime baktı.

Why does raporu end in -u if it is the subject, not the object?

In araştırma raporu, the -u is not the accusative ending. It is the normal ending of an indefinite noun compound in Turkish.

So:

Together, araştırma raporu means research report.

This same pattern appears in many noun+noun combinations:

So raporu here is just part of the noun phrase araştırma raporu, even though that whole phrase is the subject.

What is the structure of yenilik ölçütünü?

Yenilik ölçütünü breaks down like this:

So the full phrase means the innovation criterion as a specific direct object.

The -nü at the end is the accusative marker, and the n is a buffer consonant that appears before case endings after a possessive/compound ending.

So: