Word
Müdürüm toplantıyı yarına ertelemek istedi.
Meaning
My manager wanted to postpone the meeting to tomorrow.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Müdürüm toplantıyı yarına ertelemek istedi.
benim
my
istemek
to want
yarın
tomorrow
toplantı
the meeting
Questions & Answers about Müdürüm toplantıyı yarına ertelemek istedi.
What does the suffix in Müdürüm mean?
It’s the 1st-person possessive: müdür + -(I)m → müdürüm = my manager/boss. Note: out of context, müdürüm can also mean I am a manager (copular personal ending), but here the verb is third person (istedi), so it clearly means my manager.
Can müdürüm also be a form of address (like “Sir/Ma’am”)?
Yes. With a comma, Müdürüm, … is a polite vocative (“My manager, … / Sir/Ma’am, …”). In your sentence there’s no comma and it functions as the subject: Müdürüm … istedi.
Why is toplantıyı in the accusative (-ı)?
Because the meeting is definite/specific and it’s the direct object of ertelemek. In Turkish, definite direct objects take the accusative: toplantı + y + ı → toplantıyı. The -y- is a buffer consonant used because the word ends in a vowel.
Could I drop the accusative and say toplantı instead of toplantıyı?
You can, but the meaning changes.
- toplantı ertelemek = to postpone a/any meeting (indefinite)
- toplantıyı ertelemek = to postpone the meeting (definite)
So your sentence with toplantı would imply an unspecified meeting.