Word
Kedinin patisi incinmiş olsa bile yine de mırlıyordu.
Meaning
Even though the cat’s paw was hurt, it was still purring.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Kedinin patisi incinmiş olsa bile yine de mırlıyordu.
olmak
to be
kedi
the cat
yine de
still
-nin
of
Questions & Answers about Kedinin patisi incinmiş olsa bile yine de mırlıyordu.
Why does kedinin patisi have endings on both words?
This is the normal Turkish possessive pattern for X's Y.
- kedi = cat
- kedinin = of the cat / the cat's
- pati = paw
- patisi = its paw / his paw / her paw
So:
- kedinin patisi = the cat's paw
In Turkish, the possessor usually takes the genitive ending, and the thing possessed takes a possessive ending:
- kedi-nin pati-si
This is very common:
- adamın arabası = the man's car
- evin kapısı = the house's door / the door of the house
Why is it patisi and not just pati?
Because the noun is possessed.
Here, pati is not just a paw in a general sense. It means the cat's paw, so Turkish marks that with the 3rd person possessive suffix.
- pati = paw
- patisi = its paw
The -s- is a buffer consonant that appears because pati ends in a vowel.
So:
- kedi pati = not correct for the cat's paw
- kedinin patisi = correct