Breakdown of Öğretmen sunumu kısa tutmamı istediğini belirtti; ben de çıktıları kısalttım.
ben
I
istemek
to want
de
also
kısa
short
Questions & Answers about Öğretmen sunumu kısa tutmamı istediğini belirtti; ben de çıktıları kısalttım.
Why is sunumu in the accusative (sunum-u)?
Because it’s a specific/definite direct object of the verb in the embedded clause. In Turkish, definite objects take the accusative. In the phrase sunumu kısa tutmam, the thing being kept short is a particular presentation, so sunum gets -u.
What exactly does tutmamı mean, and how is it built?
It’s a nominalized verb meaning “my keeping.” Breakdown:
- tut- = keep/hold
- -ma = verbal noun suffix (turns the verb into “keeping”)
- -m = 1st person singular possessive (“my”)
- -ı = accusative marker (because this whole chunk is the object of another verb) So tut-ma-m-ı = “my keeping (it).”
Where is the word “me” in “wanted me to keep …”? Should there be benim?
The “me” is encoded by the 1st person possessive on the nominalized verb (tut-ma-m = “my keeping”). You can explicitly add the genitive subject:
- Benim sunumu kısa tutmamı… Including benim is optional when the subject is clear from context; dropping it is very common.
What is istediğini doing here? Why not just istedi?