Breakdown of Bu, kesinlikle tavsiye ettiğim bir lokanta.
bu
this
bir
a / an
lokanta
restaurant
tavsiye etmek
to recommend
Questions & Answers about Bu, kesinlikle tavsiye ettiğim bir lokanta.
How does tavsiye ettiğim mean "that I recommend"?
It is built from the compound verb tavsiye etmek (to recommend). To make a "that/which" clause describing an object, we use the stem et-, add the object participle suffix -dik, and finally the possessive suffix -im (my). It literally translates to something like "my recommended".
Why does the suffix look like -tiğim instead of -dik?
Two spelling rules are happening at once here! First, the verb stem et- ends in a voiceless consonant ('t'), which changes the -d in -dik to a -t (consonant harmony), giving us -tik. Second, when we add the possessive suffix -im (my), the -k at the end of -tik softens to a -ğ because it is followed by a vowel.
Why is bir placed right before lokanta? Couldn't we say "bir kesinlikle tavsiye ettiğim lokanta"?
In Turkish, when a noun has both an adjective (or in this case, a whole phrase acting as an adjective) and the word bir (a/an), bir almost always goes between the adjective and the noun. The entire phrase kesinlikle tavsiye ettiğim (that I definitely recommend) acts as one big adjective describing the restaurant, so it goes before bir lokanta.
Do I need to say benim before tavsiye ettiğim?