Onun gelmesine çok sevindim.

very

Breakdown of Onun gelmesine çok sevindim.

• gelmek: to come
• -e: to
• onun: her

Questions & Answers about Onun gelmesine çok sevindim.

What exactly is inside the word gelmesine?

It’s built as:

• gel-: come
• -me: verbal noun (turns the verb into “coming”)
• -si: 3rd person possessive (“his/her/its” coming)
• -ne: dative case “to/for/about,” with a buffer n (because a case suffix comes after a 3rd-person possessive)

So gelmesine ≈ “to/about his/her coming.”

Why is it onun and not just o?

In Turkish, when a verb is turned into a noun (a nominalized clause), its subject appears in the genitive case and the nominalized verb takes a possessive suffix. That structure is called “genitive–possessive.” Hence:

• onun gelmesi = “his/her coming” (genitive subject + possessed verbal noun) Using nominative o here would be ungrammatical.

Is onun required, or can I drop it?

You can drop it if the referent is clear from context:

• Gelmesine çok sevindim. (I was very happy about his/her coming.) The 3rd person possessive -si already signals “his/her.” Keep onun for clarity or emphasis, especially if multiple third persons are in play.

Why does sevinmek use the dative (-e/-a) here?