Word
Uzman annemin her gün iğne olmasını istedi.
Meaning
The specialist wanted my mother to get an injection every day.
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Breakdown of Uzman annemin her gün iğne olmasını istedi.
olmak
to be
anne
mother
istemek
to want / to require / to call for
her
every
Questions & Answers about Uzman annemin her gün iğne olmasını istedi.
Why does the sentence use annemin (my mother's) instead of just annem or annemi?
In English, we say 'wanted my mother to get...'. In Turkish, this type of indirect request acts like a possessive phrase. You literally say 'wanted my mother's getting...'. So, the person doing the action takes the genitive case suffix -in, becoming annemin.
Can you break down the suffixes on olmasını?
Sure! It starts with ol (to be/get). Then -ma turns it into a short verbal noun ('getting'). Next, -sı is the 3rd-person possessive matching annemin ('her getting'). Finally, after the buffer -n-, we add the accusative -ı because the entire phrase is the direct object of what the specialist istedi (wanted).
I learned that söylemek (to tell) takes the dative case for the person being told. Why doesn't istemek do that here?
Why is it iğne olmak for 'getting an injection'?