Breakdown of Cevap kartını hatıra olarak sakladım.
Questions & Answers about Cevap kartını hatıra olarak sakladım.
Because cevap kartını is the definite direct object of the verb sakladım.
The base form is cevap kartı = answer card.
When a noun is a specific object in Turkish, it usually takes the accusative ending. Here that ending is -ı, but because cevap kartı already ends in a third-person possessive-style ending (-ı in the compound form), a buffer n appears before the accusative:
- cevap kartı = answer card
- cevap kartı-nı = the answer card
So cevap kartını sakladım means I kept the answer card.
Cevap kartı is a very common Turkish noun-compound pattern.
In Turkish, when one noun describes another noun, the second noun often takes a compound ending. So:
- cevap = answer
- kart = card
- cevap kartı = answer card
This pattern is similar to:
- telefon numarası = phone number
- otobüs durağı = bus stop
- yemek masası = dining table
So cevap kartı is not random; it follows a normal Turkish compound structure.