Breakdown of Adam fısıldıyorsa öğrenciyi rahatsız ediyor.
adam
man
öğrenci
student
fısıldamak
to whisper
rahatsız etmek
to disturb
Questions & Answers about Adam fısıldıyorsa öğrenciyi rahatsız ediyor.
Why does the verb fısıldıyorsa have an ı instead of an a before the -yor suffix?
The root verb is fısıldamak (to whisper). When we add the present continuous suffix -yor, verbs ending in a or e drop that vowel and replace it with a narrow vowel (ı, i, u, or ü). Here, the a becomes an ı to match vowel harmony, making it fısıldıyor. Then we add the conditional suffix -sa to make it 'if he is whispering'.
What is the -yi at the end of öğrenciyi?
It is the accusative case suffix. Because the man is disturbing a specific student ('the student' rather than just a general student), the direct object needs this ending. The word öğrenci ends in a vowel, so we add the buffer letter y before the accusative suffix i.
The dictionary form of the helper verb is etmek. Why is it spelled ediyor here?
This is due to a rule called consonant mutation. When certain verbs ending in t, like etmek or gitmek, get a suffix that starts with a vowel (like -iyor), the hard t softens to a d. So rahatsız etmek (to disturb) becomes rahatsız ediyor.
Why is there no word for 'he' before rahatsız ediyor in the second half of the sentence?
In Turkish, you do not need to repeat the subject if it is already clear from the context. The subject is established as adam (the man) in the first clause. The third-person singular verb ediyor has no special personal suffix, so it naturally carries over the subject to mean 'he is disturbing'.
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