Breakdown of Müşterinin burada konaklayıp konaklamadığını kontrol ediyorum.
burada
here
müşteri
customer
kontrol etmek
to check
konaklamak
to stay (lodge overnight) / to accommodate
Questions & Answers about Müşterinin burada konaklayıp konaklamadığını kontrol ediyorum.
How does konaklayıp konaklamadığını translate to 'whether or not (they are) staying'?
This uses the pattern for indirect yes/no questions: verb + -(y)ıp followed by the same verb in the negative + -dığı (the -dık participle + possessive). Here, konakla- (to stay) becomes konaklayıp (positive) and konaklamadığı (negative). Together, they literally express 'their staying and their not staying', which translates to 'whether or not they are staying'.
Why is the customer müşterinin with a genitive (possessive) ending, rather than just müşteri?
In Turkish, when you turn a sentence into a noun clause using -dık (like 'that they are staying' or 'whether they are staying'), the subject of that action takes the genitive case. You can think of it literally as checking 'the customer's staying or not staying'.
What are the suffixes at the very end of konaklamadığını?
Let's break it down: konakla-ma-dık (the negative participle) + -ı (3rd person possessive, matching 'the customer') becomes konaklamadığı due to consonant mutation (k changes to ğ). Then we add the buffer letter -n- and the accusative case marker -ı. The accusative is needed because the entire 'whether or not' phrase is the direct object of the verb kontrol ediyorum (I am checking what?).
Could I use kalıp kalmadığını here instead? What is the difference between and ?