Word
Adayın titremesi kötü bir işaret değil.
Meaning
The candidate's trembling is not a bad sign.
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Questions & Answers about Adayın titremesi kötü bir işaret değil.
Since this lesson is about the -(y)Iş ending, could we say adayın titreyişi here?
You could, but it changes the meaning! The -(y)Iş ending focuses on the way an action is done. titreyişi would mean 'the way the candidate trembles'. By using the standard -mE verbal noun (titremesi), the sentence just refers to the act of trembling itself.
Why do we need the -ın on adayın and the -si on titremesi?
This creates a possessive relationship, exactly like 'the candidate's trembling' in English. aday gets the genitive ending -ın ('of the candidate'), and the verbal noun titreme gets the 3rd-person possessive ending -si to link the trembling back to them.
Why is the word order kötü bir işaret instead of bir kötü işaret?
How does değil work in this sentence without a verb?