Breakdown of Vakıftan gelen kanıt, eserin gerçekten o döneme ait olduğunu doğruladı.
olmak
to be
gelmek
to come
o
that
gerçekten
truly
kanıt
the evidence
eser
the work
-e
to
-tan
from
-in
of
dönem
the era
vakıf
the foundation
ait
belonging to
doğrulamak
to confirm
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Questions & Answers about Vakıftan gelen kanıt, eserin gerçekten o döneme ait olduğunu doğruladı.
What does Vakıftan gelen kanıt literally mean?
It literally means “the evidence that came from the foundation.”
- vakıf = foundation
- -tan = from (ablative case)
- gelen = coming/arriving (the present participle of gelmek)
- kanıt = evidence
Why is vakıf in the ablative case (vakıftan)?
Turkish uses -den/-dan/-ten/-tan to mean “from.” Since vakıf ends in a voiceless consonant (f), you add -tan to form the ablative vakıftan, meaning “from the foundation.”
What role does gelen play in Vakıftan gelen kanıt?
gelen is a participle (gel-mek → gelen) used as an adjective modifying kanıt.
So vakıftan gelen kanıt = “the evidence that came (or was received) from the foundation.”
Why is there a comma after kanıt?
The comma separates the noun phrase “Vakıftan gelen kanıt” from the following subordinate clause “eserin gerçekten o döneme ait olduğunu doğruladı.” This makes the sentence clearer by marking where the main subject ends and the clause about what it did begins.
Why is eserin in the genitive case?
Inside the subordinate clause we have ait, which functions like “belonging.” In Turkish, the thing to which something belongs is in the genitive case:
X-ın/-in ait Y = Y belonging to X
Here, eserin ait = belonging to the work.
Why is dönem in the dative case (o döneme ait)?
The adjective ait (“belonging”) requires the entity to which something belongs to be in the dative:
Y ait A (Dative) = Y belongs to A
Thus o döneme ait = belongs to that period.
What is the function of -olduğunu at the end of the clause?
-olduğunu breaks down as:
- ol-du = “it was/is” (past tense base meaning “to be”)
- -ğu = third-person possessive/mood marker for the noun clause (turns the verb into a noun phrase)
- -nu(n) = accusative case for the whole clause (marks it as the object of doğruladı)
Altogether “eserin … ait olduğunu” = “that the work belongs to that period.”
What does the adverb gerçekten add to the sentence?
gerçekten means “really” or “truly.” It emphasizes the certainty or degree:
- eserin gerçekten o döneme ait olduğunu = that the work really/truly belongs to that period.
Can you explain why doğruladı is used here and how it differs from kanıtladı?
- doğrulamak = to confirm, verify, corroborate
- kanıtlamak = to prove, provide proof
In many contexts they overlap, but doğrulamak focuses on confirming an existing claim, whereas kanıtlamak emphasizes providing proof from scratch. Here, the evidence from the foundation confirmed (doğruladı) that the work was from that period.