Sadakat sözü vermesine rağmen sırları sattı.
Despite giving his word of loyalty, he sold the secrets.
Breakdown of Sadakat sözü vermesine rağmen sırları sattı.
satmak
to sell
vermek
to give
sır
secret
söz
word, promise
Questions & Answers about Sadakat sözü vermesine rağmen sırları sattı.
How exactly does vermesine rağmen break down to mean "despite giving his"?
This uses the structure you are learning now! We take the verb root ver (to give) and add the short verbal noun suffix -me. Then we add the 3rd person possessive suffix -si to show who gave the word (his/her giving). Because rağmen (despite) always requires the dative case, we add the buffer letter -n- and the dative suffix -e, giving us vermesine.
Why must we use the possessive suffix in vermesine? Couldn't we just say vermeye rağmen?
If you just say vermeye rağmen, it means "despite giving" as a general, abstract concept. Because we want to specifically say "despite HIS giving", we have to include the possessive suffix -si before adding the dative case.
Why is it Sadakat sözü and not just Sadakat söz?
This is a standard noun compound. When you pair two nouns to create a single specific concept (like "word of loyalty"), the second noun must take a possessive suffix. Since söz ends in a consonant and its last vowel is rounded, it takes -ü, becoming sözü.
What suffixes are attached to sırları to mean "the secrets"?