Breakdown of Müdür, resepsiyon görevlisine odaları konuklara göstertti.
oda
the room
müdür
the manager
resepsiyon görevlisi
the receptionist
konuk
the guest
Questions & Answers about Müdür, resepsiyon görevlisine odaları konuklara göstertti.
What does the causative verb göstertti add to the meaning?
It says the subject didn’t do the showing; they caused someone else to do it. Here, the manager caused the receptionist to perform the act of showing.
Why is it göstertti and not gösterdi?
Gösterdi means the subject themselves showed. Göstertti means the subject had someone else show (made/got someone to show).
How is göstertti formed morphologically?
- Base idea: gör- (to see)
- Derived verb: göster- (to show; historically “make see”)
- Causative of that: göstert- (to have someone show)
- Past 3sg: göstert-
- -di → spelling/voicing gives göstertti.
Why are there two Ts in göstertti?
The stem already ends in a causative -t (göstert-). Adding past -di after a voiceless consonant turns it into -ti, so you get -tt-: göstert-ti → göstertti.
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