Breakdown of Parkta yürümeyi ve dinlenmeyi tercih ediyoruz.
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yürümek
to walk
dinlenmek
to rest
tercih etmek
to prefer
Questions & Answers about Parkta yürümeyi ve dinlenmeyi tercih ediyoruz.
Why do both yürümeyi and dinlenmeyi end with -i?
The verb tercih etmek (to prefer) requires its direct object to take the accusative case. Here, the objects are the verbal nouns yürüme (walking) and dinlenme (resting). We add the accusative ending -i to both of them because they are the specific things being preferred.
Why is there a -y- in the middle of yürümeyi and dinlenmeyi?
The verbal nouns yürüme and dinlenme both end in a vowel. The accusative case suffix is also a vowel (-i). In Turkish, two vowels cannot sit right next to each other, so we must insert the buffer letter -y- between them.
Why can't I just use the infinitive forms yürümek and dinlenmek?
When an action is the object of verbs like tercih etmek (to prefer) or sevmek (to love/like), Turkish uses the shortened verbal noun (-me or -ma) plus the accusative case. The full infinitive (-mek or -mak) cannot take the accusative case directly.
In the word ediyoruz, why does it start with a d instead of a t?
The base verb is etmek (to do), which forms the compound verb tercih etmek (to prefer). When a suffix starting with a vowel is added to etmek, such as the present continuous -iyor, the hard t softens into a d. This changes et-iyor-uz into ediyoruz.
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