Breakdown of Keşke kalenin giriş ücretinin neden çok pahalı olduğunu anlasaydım.
çok
very
pahalı
expensive
olmak
to be
anlamak
to understand
Questions & Answers about Keşke kalenin giriş ücretinin neden çok pahalı olduğunu anlasaydım.
How is the indirect question "why it was expensive" formed here?
We use the question word neden (why) followed by a factive clause. Instead of asking a direct question like "Why was it expensive?" (Neden çok pahalıydı?), we turn "being expensive" into a noun phrase using the helper verb ol- (to be) + the factive suffix -dığı. So, neden çok pahalı olduğu acts as "the reason why it was very expensive".
Why does giriş ücreti take an extra genitive suffix to become giriş ücretinin?
In Turkish factive clauses (like those using -dığı), the subject of that specific clause must take the genitive case. Since "the entrance fee" is the subject of "being expensive", giriş ücreti needs the genitive suffix -nin, linking it directly to olduğu.
There are two words with genitive suffixes here: kalenin and ücretinin. How does that chain work?
They belong to two different grammatical connections. Kalenin (the castle's) links to giriş ücreti (entrance fee) to form "the castle's entrance fee". Then, because that entire phrase is the subject of the indirect question, it needs its own genitive suffix (-nin), resulting in kalenin giriş ücretinin ... olduğu.
Why is there an extra -nu at the end of olduğunu?