Word
Hırkanı unutma; sabah güneşli olsa bile akşam serin olabilir.
Meaning
Don’t forget your cardigan; even if it is sunny in the morning, it may be cool in the evening.
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Breakdown of Hırkanı unutma; sabah güneşli olsa bile akşam serin olabilir.
olmak
to be
sabah
morning
unutmak
to forget
akşam
evening
Questions & Answers about Hırkanı unutma; sabah güneşli olsa bile akşam serin olabilir.
Why is hırkanı written with -nı at the end? Why not just hırka?
Hırkanı means your cardigan or your sweater/cardigan as a specific object.
It breaks down like this:
- hırka = cardigan
- hırkan = your cardigan
- hırkanı = your cardigan (as the definite/direct object)
The ending -ı / -i / -u / -ü is the accusative case, which often appears when the object is specific.
Because there is already a possessive ending (-n in hırkan), Turkish adds a buffer n before the accusative:
- hırka → cardigan
- hırkan → your cardigan
- hırkanı → your cardigan (object of the verb)
So Hırkanı unutma means Don’t forget your cardigan, with your cardigan as the specific thing not to forget.
Why does unutma mean don’t forget? Isn’t -ma a negative ending?