Questions & Answers about Senden bu akşam aramanı rica ediyorum.
What does the word senden do here, and why is it in the -den form?
Senden means “from you.” With the verb phrase rica etmek (to request), Turkish marks:
- the person you’re asking something from with the ablative (-den/-dan): birinden
- the thing you’re requesting with the accusative (-ı/-i/-u/-ü): bir şeyi So the pattern is: Bir şeyi birinden rica etmek = “to request something from someone.” Here, the “someone” is senden.
What exactly is aramanı? How is it formed?
It’s a nominalized verb phrase meaning “your calling.” Formation:
- stem: ara- (call)
- nominalizer: -ma → arama (“calling”)
- 2nd person singular possessive: -n → araman (“your calling”)
- accusative case: -ı → aramanı (as the direct object of the request) So the sentence literally says, “I am requesting from you your calling this evening.”
Why does aramanı take the accusative ending -ı?
Because it’s the direct object of rica ediyorum. In the pattern bir şeyi birinden rica etmek, the “thing” you’re requesting is marked with the accusative. Here, that “thing” is the nominalized clause aramanı.
Shouldn’t it be beni aramanı to specify who is being called?