Breakdown of Ormanda fotoğraf çekmeyi seviyorum.
sevmek
to love, to like
orman
forest
fotoğraf
photograph
çekmek
to take (a photo)
Questions & Answers about Ormanda fotoğraf çekmeyi seviyorum.
Why is it çekmeyi instead of the full infinitive çekmek?
To say you love doing an action, you turn the verb into a conceptual noun. We do this by dropping the final -k from the infinitive çekmek to get the short verbal noun çekme (the act of taking). We then add the accusative case suffix -i (with a buffer -y-) because it is the specific object of the verb seviyorum.
Wait, why does the verb sevmek (to love) require the accusative case here?
In Turkish, the verb sevmek always requires its direct object to be in the accusative case when it is a specific noun or a verbal noun. Since you are stating the specific activity you love doing, the verbal noun çekme must take the accusative suffix to become çekmeyi.
Why do we use the verb çekmek for taking a photo?
The verb çekmek literally means to pull or to draw. However, it is the standard verb used in Turkish for taking a photograph, making a photocopy, or shooting a movie. You can think of it as pulling an image out of real life!
The English translation says taking photos, but fotoğraf is singular. Shouldn't it be plural?
In Turkish, when you talk about an object in a general, category-wide sense, you usually leave the noun singular. Fotoğraf çekmeyi refers to the general activity of photo-taking, so there is no need to make fotoğraf plural even though it translates to taking photos in English.
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