Questions & Answers about Kimseye ihtiyaç duymuyor.
Why use duymuyor? Doesn't duymak mean "to hear"?
While duymak usually means "to hear," it is also used to mean "to feel" in certain expressions. The set phrase ihtiyaç duymak literally means "to feel a need," which we simply translate as "to need."
Why is it kimseye instead of just kimse?
The expression ihtiyaç duymak requires the dative case (the direction suffix -e or -a). You attach it to the thing or person being needed. Here, kimse gets a buffer -y- and the suffix -e, making it kimseye. Think of it as "feeling a need towards someone."
How does Turkish handle the negative with kimse?
In Turkish, kimse means "anyone" or "no one." To mean "nobody" or "not anybody," you must pair it with a negative verb. Because duymuyor has the negative particle -mu-, the sentence correctly forms the negative meaning: "He does not need anybody."
Where is the word for "He" in this sentence?
The subject is hidden in the verb ending. The present continuous suffix -yor with no personal ending after it automatically means "he", "she", or "it". You could put the pronoun O at the start of the sentence, but Turkish speakers usually drop it.
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