Word
Sorumluluk almak istemiyor musun?
Meaning
Do you not want to take responsibility?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Sorumluluk almak istemiyor musun?
almak
to take, to buy
istemek
to want / to require / to call for
mi
question particle (also mı/mu/mü)
sorumluluk
responsibility
Questions & Answers about Sorumluluk almak istemiyor musun?
How is the word sorumluluk built?
It comes from the root sor- (to ask or hold accountable). Adding a suffix gives us sorumlu (responsible), and finally the abstract noun suffix -luk makes it sorumluluk (responsibility).
Why is it istemiyor instead of istemeyor?
This happens because of a rule called vowel narrowing. When the present continuous suffix -yor is added to a word ending in -e or -a, that wide vowel narrows. Here, the negative suffix -me narrows to -mi.
Why doesn't almak take any personal suffixes here?
When you say you "want to do" an action in Turkish, the action verb takes the standard infinitive form (-mak or -mek) and sits right before the conjugated form of istemek (to want).
How does the negative question structure work in istemiyor musun?
First, the negative suffix -me (narrowed to -mi) and the continuous tense -yor are attached to the verb stem to make istemiyor (does not want). Then, the question particle mu and the "you" ending -sun form a separate word, musun, to turn it into a question.