Word
Polise kaçak göçmeni tutuklamasını emrettik.
Meaning
We ordered the police to arrest the illegal immigrant.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Polise kaçak göçmeni tutuklamasını emrettik.
polis
police officer
tutuklamak
to arrest
emretmek
to order
kaçak
illegal
Questions & Answers about Polise kaçak göçmeni tutuklamasını emrettik.
Why is it polise (with a dative suffix) instead of polisi?
The verb emretmek (to order) takes the dative case (-e/-a) for the person receiving the order. You are giving an order to the police, so it becomes polise.
Can you break down the suffixes on tutuklamasını?
The root is tutukla- (arrest). We add -ma to make it a verbal noun (the act of arresting). Then -sı (his/their) connects the action to the police. After the buffer -n-, the final -ı is the accusative case, marking this action as the direct object of what we ordered (emrettik). Literally: We ordered to the police their arresting the immigrant.
Where does the word emrettik come from?
It is a combination of the noun emir (order) and the helper verb etmek (to do). When combined, the second vowel in emir drops out, making it emretmek. Here, it has the past tense -ti and the 'we' ending -k, forming emrettik.
Why does göçmeni have an accusative suffix (-i)?