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Ayakkabılarını hemen ayakkabılığa koymalısın.

Ayakkabılarını hemen ayakkabılığa koymalısın.
You must put your shoes in the shoe rack immediately.
From Lesson 167:Derivational suffix (-lık / -lik)·Turkish

Breakdown of Ayakkabılarını hemen ayakkabılığa koymalısın.

ayakkabı
shoe
koymak
to put
hemen
immediately / right away
ayakkabılık
shoe rack

Questions & Answers about Ayakkabılarını hemen ayakkabılığa koymalısın.

How does the -lIk suffix work in the word ayakkabılığa?
The suffix -lIk (which can be -lik, -luk, or -lük depending on vowel harmony) is used here to make a place or container for something. By adding it to ayakkabı (shoe), we get ayakkabılık, which means "shoe rack" or "shoe cabinet".
Wait, if the word for shoe rack is ayakkabılık, why does it have a ğ in this sentence?
Because we are saying "to the shoe rack," we need the dative suffix -a to show direction. When this suffix is added to a word ending in a hard k, the k softens into a ğ (soft g). So, ayakkabılık plus -a becomes ayakkabılığa.
Can you break down all the suffixes on ayakkabılarını?
The root is ayakkabı (shoe). We add -lar to make it plural, then -ın to mean "your". Finally, because "your shoes" is the specific direct object being put away, it needs the accusative suffix -ı at the very end. Altogether: ayakkabı-lar-ın-ı.
What gives koymalısın the meaning of "you must"?
The root verb is koymak (to put). To express a strong obligation ("must"), we use the necessity suffix -malı or -meli. Then we add the personal suffix -sın for "you". So koy plus -malı plus -sın gives us koymalısın.

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