Word
Onun takvimini ayarlayacaksan, alışverişi ben yapacağım.
Meaning
If you are going to arrange his schedule, I will do the shopping.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Onun takvimini ayarlayacaksan, alışverişi ben yapacağım.
o
that / he / she / it
ben
I
takvim
calendar, schedule
ayarlamak
to arrange (set up, adjust)
Questions & Answers about Onun takvimini ayarlayacaksan, alışverişi ben yapacağım.
Break down how ayarlayacaksan means 'if you are going to arrange'.
The root is ayarla- (to arrange). We add the buffer -y-, then the future tense -acak, followed by the conditional suffix -sa (if), and finally the personal suffix -n (you). Combining the future tense and the conditional creates the meaning 'if [subject] is going to [verb]'.
Why does takvimini have two -i suffixes at the end?
The base word is takvim (schedule or calendar). The first -i is the possessive suffix meaning 'his' (matching onun). The second -i is the accusative case marker, showing that the schedule is the direct object of the verb. Whenever we add a case marker to a third-person possessive suffix, we must use the buffer letter -n- in between, giving us takvim-i-n-i.
Why use the accusative case in alışverişi instead of just saying alışveriş yapacağım?
Using the accusative -i makes the object specific. Alışveriş yapacağım just means 'I will do shopping' in general, whereas alışverişi ben yapacağım means 'I will do the shopping', referring to a specific set of errands they both know about.
Both verbs use the future tense, so why does it change to -acağ- in yapacağım but stay as -acak- in ?