Ben modayı seviyorum.

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Breakdown of Ben modayı seviyorum.

• sevmek: to love
• moda: the fashion

Questions & Answers about Ben modayı seviyorum.

What is the role of -yI in modayı and why is there a y?

modayı is the word moda in the accusative case. The suffix for a definite direct object is -I (which appears as -ı/-i/-u/-ü by vowel harmony). Since moda ends in a vowel, Turkish inserts a buffer consonant y before the suffix to avoid a vowel-vowel clash. Hence moda + y + ı = modayı.

Why is the verb seviyorum at the end of the sentence?

Turkish follows a Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) word order. That means the verb typically comes last. So you say Ben (I) + modayı (fashion-ACC) + seviyorum (am liking/loving) rather than placing the verb in the middle.

How is seviyorum formed? What are its parts?

seviyorum consists of three pieces:

1. Root sev- (to like/love)
2. Present continuous suffix -(I)yor (here -iyor by vowel harmony)
3. First-person singular suffix -(I)m (here -um by vowel harmony)
   Put together: sev
   • iyor
     • um = seviyorum.

Why use the present continuous seviyorum instead of the simple present severim for “I like/love fashion”?