Questions & Answers about Polisten kanıt saklamayız.
Why does saklamayız end in -yız instead of using the negative -z like other aorist verbs?
This is the irregular 1st person plural form for the aorist negative. The verb root is sakla (to hide). Usually, aorist negatives use -maz or -mez (like saklamaz for 'he does not hide'). But for 'I' and 'we', the -z disappears. We just use the negative -ma, a buffer -y-, and the 'we' ending -ız, giving us saklamayız.
Why does polis take the -ten ending here?
The suffix -ten is the ablative case, which means 'from'. Just like in English, you hide evidence from someone, so Turkish uses polisten (from the police). It is -ten instead of -dan because polis ends in a voiceless consonant (s) and follows front vowel harmony.
Why is kanıt (evidence) just in its bare form without an accusative suffix?
In this sentence, we are talking about evidence in a general sense, not a specific piece of evidence ('the evidence'). When a direct object is general and non-specific, it doesn't take the accusative ending and sits right next to the verb.
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