Breakdown of Meteoroloji, göğün karanlık olacağını ve sağanak yağmur yağacağını tahmin ediyor.
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olmak
to be
yağmur
rain
yağmak
to rain / to snow
Questions & Answers about Meteoroloji, göğün karanlık olacağını ve sağanak yağmur yağacağını tahmin ediyor.
How do we get from olmak to olacağını, and what does it mean here?
This uses the future complement clause structure from your current lesson. It is formed by the root ol-, the future suffix -acak (which softens to -acağ), the 3rd person possessive -ı (meaning 'its'), the buffer letter -n-, and the accusative case -ı. Literally, it means 'its future-being', which translates to 'that it will be'.
Why is 'sky' written as göğün with a genitive ending?
In Turkish complement clauses, the subject of the inner clause usually takes the genitive case. The main sentence is 'Meteorology predicts [something]'. The '[something]' is 'the sky's future-being dark'. Therefore, gök (sky) takes the genitive suffix -ün, becoming göğün (notice the k softens to ğ).
Why doesn't sağanak yağmur take the genitive case like göğün did?
Good catch! Usually, the subject of a complement clause takes the genitive case. However, when the subject is indefinite or general—like 'heavy rain' in general, rather than 'the heavy rain'—the genitive case is often dropped. So we say sağanak yağmur yağacağını instead of sağanak yağmurun yağacağını.
Why do both olacağını and yağacağını end with the accusative case (-ı)?