Ben araba kiralama ofisine gidiyorum.

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Breakdown of Ben araba kiralama ofisine gidiyorum.

• gitmek: to go
• ofis: the office
• araba: the car

Questions & Answers about Ben araba kiralama ofisine gidiyorum.

Why is there a third-person singular possessive suffix -i on ofis before the dative suffix?

In Turkish you form a definite noun phrase that you then mark for case by first adding the 3rd-person posses­sive suffix -i (“the …”) and only then the case ending. The template is:
root + (Plural) + Possessive + Case
Here: ofis + -i (“the office”) + -e (dative “to”) → ofisine = “to the office.”
If you wanted to say “to a car rental office” (indefinite), you’d drop -i and add bir:
Bir araba kiralama ofise gidiyorum.

Why don’t araba and kiralama take any suffixes?

Turkish is head-final and only the head noun in a noun phrase bears number, possession and case endings. Here ofis is the head; araba (“car”) modifies kiralama (“rental”), and araba kiralama together modifies ofis. All the inflection goes onto ofis.

What is kiralama, and why isn’t it just the verb kiralamak?

kiralamak = “to rent.” When you add the noun-forming suffix -ma/-me to the verb stem kirala-, you get kiralama = “the act of renting” (a gerund). Thus araba kiralama literally means “car-renting,” i.e. “car rental.”

How is gidiyorum built, and what nuance does this tense carry?