Breakdown of Yarın yağmur yağacağını tahmin ediyorum.
yağmur
rain
yağmak
to rain / to snow
yarın
tomorrow
tahmin etmek
to guess, to predict
Questions & Answers about Yarın yağmur yağacağını tahmin ediyorum.
Why does the word for will rain (yağacağını) look so complicated instead of just being yağacak?
In Turkish, to say "I predict that it will rain", you have to turn the sentence "it will rain" into a noun phrase. You do this using the future ending -acak. Think of it as saying "I predict its future raining". This is why it takes possessive and case suffixes instead of just being a regular verb at the very end of the sentence.
Can you break down all the suffixes on yağacağını?
Sure! The root is yağ- (to fall). We add -acak (which softens to -acağ- because of the vowel that follows) to show the future. Then we add -ı, which is the possessive suffix meaning "its" (referring to the rain). The -n- is a buffer letter to separate vowels, and the final -ı is the accusative case ending.
Why does yağacağını need the accusative case ending (-ı) at the very end?
The accusative case marks the specific direct object of a verb. Here, the main verb is tahmin ediyorum (I predict). What exactly are you predicting? You are predicting the whole idea "that it will rain tomorrow". Because that entire phrase is the specific thing receiving your prediction, it gets the accusative marker.
Why is the word yağmur used in the sentence when the verb yağmak already means to rain?