Breakdown of İzleri bahçede sakladığını itiraf etti.
bahçe
garden
saklamak
to hide / to keep
iz
trace / print
itiraf etmek
to confess
Questions & Answers about İzleri bahçede sakladığını itiraf etti.
How does sakladığını translate to "that he hid"?
This is the focus of your current lesson. It breaks down into sakla (hide) + dığ (the factive suffix -dık changed by consonant mutation) + ı (3rd person possessive meaning "his") + n (buffer letter) + ı (accusative case). It literally acts like a noun meaning "his hiding", and the final accusative case marks the whole clause as the direct object of what he confessed.
Why are there two words with the accusative case (izleri and sakladığını)?
Each verb in the sentence has its own specific direct object. İzleri (the traces) is the object of the verb saklamak (to hide). Meanwhile, the entire action of "his hiding" (sakladığını) is the direct object of the main verb itiraf etmek (to confess). Both need the accusative ending because they are specific objects.
Could sakladığını also mean "that you hid"?
Yes, it perfectly could! Because of the buffer letters and endings, sakla + dığın (your hiding) + ı (accusative) looks exactly the same as sakla + dığı (his hiding) + n (buffer) + ı (accusative). Without a pronoun like onun (his) or senin (your) in the sentence, you have to rely on context to know who did the hiding. Here, the translation tells us it means "that he hid".