Breakdown of Yaşlı adam adresi unutuyor ve parayı kaybediyor.
adam
man
yaşlı
old (people)
ve
and
para
money
adres
address
unutmak
to forget
kaybetmek
to lose
Questions & Answers about Yaşlı adam adresi unutuyor ve parayı kaybediyor.
Why is there an -i at the end of adresi?
The -i is the accusative case suffix. We add it because the address is the specific thing being acted upon (the definite direct object). It shows us that the man is forgetting "the address", not just any address.
Why is there a -y- in parayı?
Para (money) is also a specific direct object in this sentence, so it needs the accusative suffix -ı. However, because para ends in a vowel, we must use the buffer consonant -y- to keep the two vowels apart, making it parayı.
I can't find kaybediyor in the dictionary. What is the base verb?
The dictionary form is kaybetmek (to lose). It is a compound verb made from kayıp (loss) and the helper verb etmek (to do). When these combine and are followed by a vowel suffix like -iyor, the second vowel in kayıp drops out, and the t in et softens to a d. That is how it becomes kaybediyor.
Why is the ending for "is forgetting" -uyor instead of -iyor?
The present continuous suffix adjusts its first vowel to match the word it attaches to, following 4-way vowel harmony rules. Since the verb root unut- (to forget) has an u as its last vowel, the suffix becomes -uyor to match.
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