Word
Bugün formu müdüre imzalattım.
Meaning
Today, I had the manager sign the form.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Bugün formu müdüre imzalattım.
bugün
today
müdür
the manager
form
the form
imzalatmak
to have (someone) sign
Questions & Answers about Bugün formu müdüre imzalattım.
Who actually performs the act of signing here?
The director does the physical signing. The speaker is the causer: they arranged, ensured, or got the director to sign the form.
Why is müdüre in the dative case (-e)?
With causative verbs built from a transitive base (like imzalamak “to sign [something]”), the person who is caused to do the action (the causee) is typically marked with dative: müdür-e “to the director.”
Rule of thumb:
- Intransitive base: causee often in accusative. Example: Ali’yi koşturdum “I made Ali run.”
- Transitive base: causee in dative. Example: Ali’ye kitabı okuttum “I made Ali read the book.”
Why does formu take accusative (-u)?
Because it’s a specific/definite direct object. If the object were indefinite, you would not mark it with accusative:
- Definite: formu
- Indefinite: bir form (e.g., Bugün müdüre bir form imzalattım “I had a form signed to the director today.”)
What is imzalattım made of?