Expressing "The Thing I Cannot Do"
To describe a noun with a relative clause expressing inability—like "the movement that I cannot do"—Turkish combines the negative ability suffix (-(y)ama or -(y)eme) with the future object relative participle.
Because the negative ability suffix always ends in a vowel, it takes the buffer y before the relative suffix, becoming -yacak or -yecek. The final k then softens to ğ before the possessive ending, which indicates who lacks the ability.
| Subject | Verb Stem | Suffixes | Result | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben | yap- | -amayacağ-ım | yapamayacağım | (the thing) that I cannot do |
| Sen | yürü- | -yemeyeceğ-in | yürüyemeyeceğin | (the thing) that you cannot walk |
| O / Hasta | kaldır- | -amayacağ-ı | kaldıramayacağı | (the thing) that he/the patient cannot lift |
| Biz | dayan- | -amayacağ-ımız | dayanamayacağımız | (the thing) that we cannot bear |
| I am a physiotherapist who will help you with the movements that a paralyzed patient cannot do. | Ben felçli bir hastanın yapamayacağı hareketlerde sana yardımcı olacak bir fizyoterapistim. |
| Squatting is not the only movement that you cannot do with your painful joints. | Ağrılı eklemlerinle yapamayacağın tek hareket çömelmek değil. |
Describing Physical Limitations
This structure is highly useful for discussing medical symptoms, physical therapy, and mobility limits. As with all object relative clauses, the specific "doer" of the action takes the Genitive case (e.g., hastanın or hiçbir fizyoterapistin).
| If he had done endurance training, there would not be a weight he could not lift or a grip movement he could not do. | Eğer dayanıklılık antrenmanı yapsaydı, kaldıramayacağı bir ağırlık veya yapamayacağı bir kavrama hareketi olmazdı. |
| Because of cartilage and tendon damage, there are pains that you cannot bear. | Kıkırdak ve tendon hasarı yüzünden katlanamayacağın ağrılar var. |
| I will explain the distances you cannot walk because of the spasm in the sole of your foot, like in yesterday's meeting. | Ayak tabanındaki spazm yüzünden yürüyemeyeceğin mesafeleri dünkü toplantıdaki gibi anlatırım. |
| He is applying a difficult technique that no physiotherapist can show to patients like that. | O, hiçbir fizyoterapistin hastalara öyle gösteremeyeceği zor bir teknik uyguluyor. |
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