Questions & Answers about Ben notu öğretmene ilettim.
No. The verb ending already shows the subject. İlettim ends with -m, which marks 1st person singular, so the natural everyday version is simply: Notu öğretmene ilettim. Use Ben only for emphasis or contrast, as in “I (not someone else) delivered it.”
Because it’s the definite direct object. Turkish marks specific/definite direct objects with the 4‑way accusative suffix -(y)ı / -(y)i / -(y)u / -(y)ü.
- Last vowel of not is o (back, rounded), so it takes -u: notu = “the note/grade.”
- If it were indefinite (“a note”), you would not add the accusative: bir not ilettim (“I delivered a note”).
Saying just not ilettim is also grammatical and means “(I) delivered note(s),” but bir not is the usual way to make it clearly singular and indefinite.
On its own, notu can be ambiguous in isolation:
- notu (accusative of “note/grade”) = “the note/grade”
- notu (3rd person possessive) = “his/her note/grade” (in nominative or as an object if indefinite)
But in your sentence, if you meant “his/her note/grade” as a definite object, Turkish normally shows both possession and accusative: notunu = “his/her note/grade” (as a definite object).
- “I delivered his grade to the teacher” → Notunu öğretmene ilettim.
- “I delivered the grade (the specific one we both know)” → Notu öğretmene ilettim.
Context usually makes it clear.