Breakdown of Kütüphane kartı olmadan kütüphaneye giremem.
olmadan
without
kütüphane
the library
kütüphane kartı
the library card
girememek
to be unable to enter
Questions & Answers about Kütüphane kartı olmadan kütüphaneye giremem.
What does olmadan mean and how is it formed?
olmadan is the negative gerund of olmak (“to be/have”) with the suffix -madan. After a noun, it means “without (having/being) X.” So kütüphane kartı olmadan literally means “without a library card.”
Why doesn’t kütüphane kartı take a case ending before olmadan?
When you attach -madan to a noun to form “without X,” the noun stays in the nominative. The whole phrase kütüphane kartı olmadan functions adverbially and doesn’t require an extra case suffix on kartı.
How do we form kütüphaneye, and what case is it?
kütüphaneye is the dative case of kütüphane (“library”). You add -ye (buffer y + front vowel e) to indicate “to the library.”
How is giremem constructed to mean “I can’t enter”?
Start with the verb root girmek (“to enter”), add the negative ability suffix -eme-, then the first-person singular -m. So girmek + -eme- + -m = giremem (“I cannot enter”).
What’s the difference between giremem and giremiyorum?