Breakdown of Medyaya dair bu söylentiye inanmalısın.
bu
this
inanmak
to believe
medya
media
söylenti
rumor
dair
regarding, concerning
Questions & Answers about Medyaya dair bu söylentiye inanmalısın.
Why does medya take the -ya ending before dair?
The postposition dair (meaning "regarding" or "concerning") always requires the noun before it to be in the dative case (-a/-e). Because medya ends in a vowel, we add the buffer letter -y- before the dative suffix -a, making it medyaya dair.
Could I use medya hakkında or medya ile ilgili instead of medyaya dair?
Yes, you could! Medyaya dair, medya hakkında, and medya ile ilgili all broadly mean "about/regarding the media" and are usually interchangeable. -A dair sounds slightly more formal. Just remember that unlike dair, neither hakkında nor ile ilgili requires the dative case on a standard noun.
Why is the word for rumor in the dative case (söylentiye)?
This happens because of the verb inanmak (to believe). In English, you believe something (a direct object), but in Turkish, you believe to something. The verb inanmak always forces its object into the dative case (-a/-e), so söylenti (rumor) becomes söylentiye (with a buffer -y-).
What gives inanmalısın the meaning of "you should believe"?
It uses the necessity suffix -malı / -meli. Attached to the verb root inan- (believe), it becomes inanmalı (must/should believe). Finally, the second-person singular ending -sın is added to specify that you are the one who should believe it.
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