Breakdown of Doktor eczaneden reçetemi almamı ve dozu değiştirmememi istedi.
doktor
doctor
ve
and
almak
to take, to buy
istemek
to want / to require / to call for
eczane
pharmacy
değiştirmek
to change
reçete
prescription
doz
dose
Questions & Answers about Doktor eczaneden reçetemi almamı ve dozu değiştirmememi istedi.
How exactly does almamı translate to 'me to get'?
This is how Turkish forms indirect requests with verbs like istemek (to want). You take the verb almak (to get) and drop the -k to make the short verbal noun alma. Then you add the possessive ending for 'my' (-m) because the doctor wants your action. Finally, you add the accusative case (-ı) making it almamı, because this entire action is the direct object of the main verb istedi. Literally, it translates to 'The doctor wanted my getting.'
Why does değiştirmememi have me repeated twice in a row?
The first -me is the negative suffix (not to change), and the second -me is the short verbal noun suffix. After the verb stem değiştir-, you add the negative -me, then the verbal noun -me, then the possessive -m (my), and finally the accusative -i. So değiştirmememi literally means 'my not changing' as the direct object of what the doctor wanted.
Both reçetemi and dozu have the accusative case. Are they the direct objects of istedi?
No, they are the direct objects of the verbal nouns right next to them! Reçetemi (my prescription) is the direct object of almamı (my getting), and dozu (the dose) is the direct object of değiştirmememi (my not changing). Even though alma and değiştirmeme act like nouns in the main sentence, they still behave like verbs on the inside and can take their own direct objects.
Do we always use the accusative case on the verbal noun when using istemek for indirect commands?
Yes! When you say you want someone else to do something, the action you want is treated as a specific, defined noun. You always use the short verbal noun (-mA) + possessive + accusative structure when it is the object of istemek.
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