Breakdown of Her şeyi bilen bir emlakçı ile çalışmak istiyoruz.
bir
a / an
çalışmak
to work / to study
bilmek
to know
istemek
to want / to require / to call for
her
every
ile
with / by / and (linking nouns)
şey
thing
emlakçı
real estate agent
Questions & Answers about Her şeyi bilen bir emlakçı ile çalışmak istiyoruz.
How does bilen translate to "who knows"?
The word bilen comes from the verb bilmek (to know). By removing -mek and adding the subject participle suffix -en (following vowel harmony), the verb turns into an adjective meaning "who knows" or "the one who knows".
Why does her şeyi bilen come before bir emlakçı?
In Turkish, all adjectives must come before the noun they describe. Because bilen (who knows) acts as an adjective for the real estate agent, the entire descriptive phrase "knowing everything" (her şeyi bilen) is placed right before bir emlakçı.
Why is the accusative ending used on şeyi here?
Even though bilen acts like an adjective in the sentence, it is still a verb at its core and can take a direct object. The agent knows "everything" (her şey). Since "everything" is a specific direct object of the verb "to know", it takes the accusative suffix -i to become şeyi.
What is the suffix -çı doing in emlakçı?
The suffix -cı (which changes to -çı here because k is a hard consonant) is used to create profession names from nouns. Emlak means "real estate" or "property", so adding -çı makes it "real estate agent".
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