Breakdown of Biz senin ilacın dozunu azaltmanı önermiyoruz.
sen
you
biz
we
ilaç
medicine
azaltmak
to reduce
önermek
to suggest / recommend
doz
dose
Questions & Answers about Biz senin ilacın dozunu azaltmanı önermiyoruz.
Why do we use senin (your) instead of sana (to you) when the English translation says 'advise you'?
Turkish structures these indirect requests differently. Instead of saying 'We advise you to reduce...', Turkish literally says 'We advise your reducing...'. This is why we use the genitive pronoun senin paired with the possessive ending on the verbal noun (azaltman).
Why does azaltmanı end with an -ı?
This is the core of the current lesson! The main verb önermek (to advise/suggest) takes a definite direct object in the accusative case. What are we not advising? 'Your reducing' (senin azaltman). To make it the direct object, we add the accusative ending -ı, giving us azaltmanı.
Why are there two accusative words right next to each other (dozunu azaltmanı)?
They are the direct objects of two different actions in the sentence. The word dozunu is the object of the action 'reducing' (azaltmak). Meanwhile, azaltmanı (your reducing) is the object of the main verb 'we do not advise' (önermiyoruz).
Can you break down the suffixes on dozunu?
It starts with the root doz (dose). First we add -u (3rd person possessive) to link it to ilacın, making 'its dose'. Then we add the buffer letter -n-, and finally the accusative -u because 'the dose' is the specific thing being reduced.
Why did the 'ç' in ilaç change to a 'c' in ilacın?
This is a standard consonant mutation. When the word ilaç (medicine) gets a suffix starting with a vowel, like the genitive -ın in this noun phrase, the hard ç softens to a c to make pronunciation easier.
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