Ben montumun kemerini sıkılaştırıyorum.

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Breakdown of Ben montumun kemerini sıkılaştırıyorum.

• benim: my
• -un: of
• mont: the coat

Questions & Answers about Ben montumun kemerini sıkılaştırıyorum.

Why does montumun have two suffixes, -um and -un?

montum = mont (coat) + -um (1st-person possessive “my”).
Adding -un (genitive) gives montumun, meaning “of my coat.”

Why is kemerini spelled with -i and -ni? What do they each mean?

• The first -i is the 3rd-person possessive suffix, showing the belt belongs to the coat (kemer → kemeri “its belt”).
• The -ni is the accusative case suffix with a buffer n, marking a definite direct object.
Together: kemer + -i + -ni = kemerini (“the belt of it” as object).

Why is montumun in the genitive but kemerini in the accusative?

In Turkish possessive constructions:
1) The possessor noun takes the genitive case (montumun).
2) The possessed noun takes a possessive suffix (-i) plus, if it’s a definite object, the accusative case (-ni).
That yields montumun kemerini = “the belt of my coat” as the object.

What is the structure of sıkılaştırıyorum? It looks very long.