Breakdown of Hâkim farklı bir hüküm vermeliydi çünkü kanıt sahteydi.
bir
a / an
vermek
to give
çünkü
because
farklı
different
kanıt
evidence
sahte
fake
hâkim
judge
hüküm
verdict / judgment
Questions & Answers about Hâkim farklı bir hüküm vermeliydi çünkü kanıt sahteydi.
How exactly does vermeliydi translate to "should have given"?
It combines the necessity suffix -meli (must/should) with the past tense suffix -di. Together with the buffer -y-, ver-meli-y-di literally means "was in a state of having to give". In Turkish, this combination expresses an unfulfilled past obligation, which translates perfectly to "should have given".
Why is the word order farklı bir hüküm instead of bir farklı hüküm?
Why do both vermeliydi and sahteydi have a -y- before the past tense suffix?
The past tense suffix here is actually the past copula idi (meaning "was") attaching to the previous word. When it attaches to a word ending in a vowel, like vermeli or sahte, the i in idi drops and is replaced by the buffer letter -y- to connect the vowels smoothly.
I noticed the word is hüküm. Does it change if we add a vowel suffix to it?
Yes! Hüküm is one of those words that experiences "vowel drop". If you wanted to say "his verdict" by adding the possessive suffix -ü, the second ü in the root word drops out, making it hükmü. Since it has no suffixes in this sentence, it stays in its original form as hüküm.
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