Bu ders, tonlama ve yazım kurallarını akılda tutmayı gerektirir.

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Breakdown of Bu ders, tonlama ve yazım kurallarını akılda tutmayı gerektirir.

• ve: and
• kural: the rule
• gerektirmek: to require

Questions & Answers about Bu ders, tonlama ve yazım kurallarını akılda tutmayı gerektirir.

Why is kurallarını in the accusative case, but tonlama not marked at all?

In Turkish, when two (or more) nouns are joined by ve, you only attach the case suffix to the final noun. Here tonlama and yazım kuralları together form the object of gerektirmek, and since it’s definite/specific, it takes the accusative marker -ı on kurallar (→ kurallarını). tonlama remains unmarked.

What exactly does gerektirir mean, and how is it formed?

gerektirir is the 3rd person singular present of gerektirmek, the causative of gerek (“to be necessary”).

• gerek alone (intransitive) ⇒ gerekir means “it is necessary.”
• gerek + tirmek (causative) ⇒ gerektirmek means “to make something necessary” or “to require.”
  So gerektirir = “(it) requires (something).”

Why is akılda tutmayı in the accusative case, and what is its role in the sentence?

akılda tutma is the infinitive noun (verb stem + -ma) meaning “keeping in mind.” As the direct object of gerektirmek, it takes the accusative suffix -yı → tutmayı. Altogether, tonlama ve yazım kurallarını akılda tutmayı is “keeping the intonation and spelling rules in mind,” which gerektirir “requires.”