Word
Kuaföre gidip saçımı kestireceğim.
Meaning
I will go to the hairdresser and have my hair cut.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Kuaföre gidip saçımı kestireceğim.
gitmek
to go
saç
hair
kuaför
hairdresser
kestirmek
to have cut
Questions & Answers about Kuaföre gidip saçımı kestireceğim.
Why doesn't 'gidip' have a future tense ending if the translation says 'I will go'?
The ending -(y)ip is a connecting suffix that means 'and'. In Turkish, when you connect verbs with -(y)ip, only the final verb in the sentence gets the tense and person endings. Because the final verb kestireceğim is in the future tense for 'I', gidip takes on that exact same meaning: 'I will go and...'.
Why is 'gidip' spelled with a 'd' instead of a 't'?
The root verb is gitmek (to go). When you add a suffix that starts with a vowel, like the -ip ending here, the hard t changes to a softer d. This is a common pronunciation rule in Turkish known as consonant mutation.
Why is it 'saçımı' instead of just 'saçım'?
Saçım means 'my hair'. The extra -ı at the end is the accusative case suffix, which marks the specific direct object of the verb. Because you are having a specific thing cut (your own hair), it needs this ending.
How does 'kestireceğim' mean 'I will HAVE my hair cut' instead of 'I will cut my hair'?
The root verb is kesmek (to cut). The -tir part in the middle is a causative suffix, which means you are having someone else do the action for you. If you were cutting your own hair, you would just say keseceğim.