Questions & Answers about Bugün izinli olduğum için evde kalıyorum.
What does the word izinli mean here?
- İzinli is an adjective built from izin (permission/leave) + the suffix -li (with/having). So it means having leave / on leave / off (from work).
- In everyday speech, izinli often means you officially don’t have to work today.
- Related word: izinde (with locative) also means on leave (e.g., Bugün izindeyim = I’m on leave today).
Why do we need olduğum instead of just saying Bugün izinliyim için?
- The postposition için needs a noun or a noun-like clause before it. To turn a verb/adjective clause into a noun-like clause, Turkish uses a nominalizer.
- İzinli olduğum is a nominalized clause meaning that I am on leave.
- So Bugün izinli olduğum için = because I am on leave today.
- You cannot say izinliyim için; instead, you can use a two-clause structure with çünkü: Evde kalıyorum, çünkü bugün izinliyim.
How is olduğum formed morphologically?
- ol- (to be/become) + -DUK nominalizer (shows a verbal noun/relative clause; surfaces as -dık/-dik/-duk/-dük/-dığı/-duğu etc. with harmony) + 1st person singular possessive -um.
- The buffer ğ appears before the vowel of the possessive: ol-duğ-um.
- Meaning: that I am (within a clause).
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