Breakdown of On iki antik mezarı açtık ama içlerinden kemik çıkmayabilir.
iki
two
on
ten
açmak
to open
çıkmak
to go out / to leave / to exit / to break out / to arise (of a storm)
Questions & Answers about On iki antik mezarı açtık ama içlerinden kemik çıkmayabilir.
How do we break down the suffix in çıkmayabilir to mean "might not turn up"?
It follows the exact pattern for negative possibility: çık (verb root: come out / turn up) + ma (negative) + y (buffer) + abil (possibility) + ir (aorist tense, used here for general possibility). Because the negative -ma comes before the possibility suffix -abil, it expresses the possibility of a negative action ("it might not happen").
Why is it mezarı (singular) and not mezarları (plural) when we opened twelve of them?
In Turkish, nouns that follow a number or a quantity word always remain singular, so it stays as on iki ... mezar. The -ı at the end is the specific accusative case suffix because we are talking about a specific set of twelve ancient tombs that were the direct object of the verb açtık (we opened).
What is the exact breakdown of the word içlerinden?
It translates to "from inside them" and breaks down like this: iç (inside) + leri (their, referring to the tombs) + n (buffer letter) + den (from / ablative case). Literally, it means "from their insides".
Why does the Turkish sentence use the singular kemik when the English translation says "no bones"?