Breakdown of Dolmakalemin mürekkebi azalmış; kalemi temizleyip yeniden doldurdum.
Questions & Answers about Dolmakalemin mürekkebi azalmış; kalemi temizleyip yeniden doldurdum.
It’s a genitive–possessive chain:
- dolmakalem-in = fountain pen + genitive “of the fountain pen”
- mürekkep-(s)i = ink + 3rd person possessive “its ink” Together: “the fountain pen’s ink.”
Here -i is the 3rd person possessive suffix, not the accusative. The subject is the whole phrase Dolmakalemin mürekkebi. If it were accusative, you’d see mürekkebini (possessive -i plus accusative -(n)i). Note the consonant softening: mürekkep → mürekkebi when a vowel-initial suffix is added (p → b).
Alone, kalemin can mean either “of the pen” (genitive) or “your pen” (2sg possessive). In this chain, it’s genitive: “of the fountain pen.”
To say “your fountain pen’s ink,” you’d mark both possession and genitive: senin dolma kaleminin mürekkebi (note the double -in in kaleminin).