Word
Onun resim çizme yeteneği var.
Meaning
He has a talent for drawing pictures.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Breakdown of Onun resim çizme yeteneği var.
o
that / he / she / it
resim
picture
var
there is / existent
çizmek
to draw
Questions & Answers about Onun resim çizme yeteneği var.
Why do we use çizme instead of the full dictionary verb çizmek?
çizme is a verbal noun (often called a short infinitive). We drop the -k from çizmek to turn the action into a noun concept, meaning "drawing". We must use this short form instead of çizmek because we are linking it to another noun (yetenek) to create a compound idea: "drawing talent".
Why does yetenek (talent) change to yeteneği?
Two things are happening here. First, we are making a noun compound: çizme (drawing) + yetenek (talent). In Turkish, the second word in this type of pair needs a possessive suffix, which is the -i at the end. Second, adding a vowel suffix to a word ending in k usually causes the k to soften into a ğ (soft g), making it yeteneği.
Why is resim singular when the English translation says "drawing pictures"?
In Turkish, when you talk about a general category or a broad activity rather than specific items, you use the singular, bare form of the noun. resim çizme represents the general concept of "picture-drawing", so resim doesn't need to be plural.
I don't see a verb for "has". How does the structure Onun ... var work here?