Breakdown of Çoban köpeği koyunları her zaman korurmuş.
köpek
dog
zaman
time
her
every
korumak
to protect
çoban
shepherd
koyun
sheep
Questions & Answers about Çoban köpeği koyunları her zaman korurmuş.
What is the meaning of the -muş ending in korurmuş here?
The verb breaks down as koru (protect) + -r (aorist) + -muş (inferential). Together, -rmuş forms the inferential aorist. It describes a past habit or routine that the speaker is narrating, like a story or something they heard. In English, we usually translate this past habitual meaning as would protect or used to protect.
Why is the word for dog köpeği instead of just köpek?
This is a noun compound. To say shepherd dog, Turkish links çoban and köpek. The second noun must take a possessive suffix, which is -i here. When adding a vowel suffix to köpek, the final hard k softens to a ğ, making it çoban köpeği.
Why does koyunları end with an -ı?
Because it is the specific direct object of the sentence. It is made up of koyun (sheep) + -lar (plural) + -ı (accusative case). The accusative marks that the dog is protecting specific sheep, translating to the sheep.
Why does the aorist suffix for korumak just use -r and not a vowel like -ar or -ur?
The verb root is koru-. Because this root already ends in a vowel, it only needs the consonant -r to form the aorist tense. If it ended in a consonant, it would need a vowel before the -r.
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