Breakdown of Toplumun baskısına rağmen vazgeçmiyorlar.
vazgeçmek
to give up
toplum
society
rağmen
despite / in spite of
baskı
pressure
Questions & Answers about Toplumun baskısına rağmen vazgeçmiyorlar.
Why does baskı become baskısına before rağmen?
The word rağmen ('despite') requires the word right before it to take the dative case (the 'to/towards' ending -e or -a). Here, we are attaching it to the phrase toplumun baskısı ('society's pressure'). To add the dative ending -a to a word that ends in a 3rd-person possessive suffix (-sı), we must use the buffer letter -n-. This gives us baskı + -sı + -n- + -a = baskısına.
How does the phrase toplumun baskısı work grammatically?
This is a definite noun compound, which shows ownership (like 'X's Y'). Toplum (society) takes the genitive suffix -un to mean 'society's'. Then, baskı (pressure) takes the 3rd-person possessive suffix -sı to link it back to society. Together, they form toplumun baskısı.
Why is the negative suffix -mi- instead of -me- in vazgeçmiyorlar?
The verb root is vazgeç (to give up). Normally, its negative form would be vazgeçme-. However, in Turkish, when the present continuous suffix -yor is attached right after a syllable ending in a wide vowel like -e or -a, it causes that vowel to narrow. Here, the e in -me- narrows to i, making it vazgeçmiyorlar.
Is baskı related to a verb?
Yes, baskı (pressure) is a noun derived from the verb basmak, which means 'to step on', 'to press', or 'to push'. The suffix -kı is commonly used to turn verbs into nouns.
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