Questions & Answers about Adam dürüst ve cömertse onu beklerim.
Why is the 'if' suffix only on cömert (generous) and not on dürüst (honest)?
In Turkish, when you have multiple adjectives connected by ve (and), you only need to attach the conditional suffix -(y)sa or -(y)se to the very last one. It automatically applies to both, so dürüst ve cömertse means 'if he is honest and generous.'
How do we know cömertse means 'if he is generous' and not 'if I am generous'?
For the third person (he/she/it), the conditional suffix is just -sa or -se with no extra personal ending. Because cömert ends in a consonant and its last vowel is an e-type vowel, it takes -se. If it were 'if I am', it would need the 'I' ending: cömertsem.
In English we say 'wait FOR him', so why do we use the accusative onu instead of a word for 'for'?
In Turkish, the verb beklemek (to wait) takes a direct object. You don't use a postposition like için (for). Instead, you just use the accusative (specific direct object) case on the person you are waiting for. The pronoun o (he) adds the buffer 'n' and the accusative suffix 'u' to become onu.
What tense is beklerim here?