Bu söz neyi ima ediyor?

What does this remark imply?

Breakdown of Bu söz neyi ima ediyor?

• bu: this
• söz: the word
• ne: what
• ima etmek: to imply

Questions & Answers about Bu söz neyi ima ediyor?

Why is it neyi and not just ne?

Because ima etmek normally takes a direct object, and Turkish marks a specific direct object with the accusative case.

• ne = what
• neyi = what + accusative

So in Bu söz neyi ima ediyor?, neyi means what as the thing being implied.

A useful comparison:

• Ne okuyorsun? = What are you reading?
• Kitabı okuyorum. = I’m reading the book.

In your sentence, the speaker is asking about the specific thing that the statement implies, so neyi is natural.

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What exactly is ima ediyor? Why is it two words?

İma ediyor is the present continuous form of the verb ima etmek, which means to imply.

Many Turkish verbs are built from:

• a noun or borrowed word
• plus etmek = to do / to make

So:

• ima = implication / hint
• ima etmek = to imply

This is very common in Turkish. Similar examples:

• yardım etmek = to help
• kabul etmek = to accept
• fark etmek = to notice

So ima ediyor is not two separate ideas here; it functions as one verb expression.

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Why is it ediyor instead of eder?