O eski muska kızı lanetten kurtaracakmış.
They say that old amulet will save the girl from the curse.
Breakdown of O eski muska kızı lanetten kurtaracakmış.
o
that / he / she / it
kız
girl
eski
old
kurtarmak
to rescue
Questions & Answers about O eski muska kızı lanetten kurtaracakmış.
Why is there a '-mış' at the end of the future tense verb 'kurtaracakmış'?
The -mış suffix adds a reported or hearsay meaning to the future tense -acak. While kurtaracak simply means 'it will save', kurtaracakmış means 'I heard it will save' or 'they say it will save'. This is the inferential future tense you are currently studying.
Does 'O' mean 'He/She/It' here, or does it mean 'That'?
It means 'That' and modifies eski muska (old amulet). If it meant 'He' or 'She', there would typically be a comma after it (O, eski muska...) to clearly separate the subject. Here, O eski muska works together as the complete subject: 'That old amulet'.
Why is the word for girl written as 'kızı' instead of just 'kız'?
The verb kurtarmak (to save) takes a direct object. Because the sentence refers to a specific, known girl ('the girl'), kız gets the definite accusative case suffix -ı, making it kızı.
Why does the 'from' suffix on 'lanetten' start with a 't' instead of a 'd'?
The word lanet (curse) ends in a hard, voiceless consonant ('t'). Because of consonant mutation, the standard -den ablative suffix changes its 'd' to a 't' to match. Front vowel harmony applies because of the 'e' in lanet, resulting in lanetten ('from the curse').