Breakdown of Sanat sergisine gitmiyorum çünkü yorgunum.
yorgun
tired
gitmek
to go
çünkü
because
sanat
art
sergi
exhibition
Questions & Answers about Sanat sergisine gitmiyorum çünkü yorgunum.
Why does sergi (exhibition) become sergisine here?
This is a combination of a noun compound and a direction suffix. First, sanat (art) and sergi (exhibition) form a compound: sanat sergisi. The -si links them. Then, because you are going to it, we add the dative case -e. When adding a case ending to a compound suffix like -si, you must use the buffer letter -n-. This gives us sergi + -si + -n + -e (sergisine).
Is the -mi- in gitmiyorum the verbal noun suffix -me from this lesson?
No, it is the negative suffix! The negative suffix is originally -me, but the present continuous suffix -yor causes the vowel before it to narrow. So, git-me-yor-um transforms into gitmiyorum. Don't confuse it with the conceptual verbal noun -me taught in this lesson; they just share the same letters.
Why doesn't the t in gitmek change to a d in gitmiyorum?
You might remember that gitmek changes to gidiyorum (I am going) because the t sits next to a vowel. But in the negative form, the first thing attached to the root git- is the negative suffix -mi-. Since -m- is a consonant, the t is protected and stays exactly as it is: gitmiyorum.
How does yorgunum mean 'I am tired'? Where is the verb?
In Turkish, the present tense 'to be' is expressed with personal suffixes attached directly to the noun or adjective. The base word is yorgun (tired). Adding the first-person suffix -um turns it into 'I am tired'.
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