Word
Yarın yapacağımız kazıda hiç antik kemik çıkmayabilir.
Meaning
Ancient bones might not turn up in the excavation we will do tomorrow.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Yarın yapacağımız kazıda hiç antik kemik çıkmayabilir.
hiç
at all / any
yapmak
to do / to make
yarın
tomorrow
çıkmak
to go out / to leave / to exit / to break out / to arise (of a storm)
Questions & Answers about Yarın yapacağımız kazıda hiç antik kemik çıkmayabilir.
How do we break down çıkmayabilir, and how is it different from çıkamayabilir?
çıkmayabilir means might not turn up. It is built using the verb stem çık-, the negative suffix -ma, the possibility suffix -yabil, and the aorist (general time) suffix -ir. This structure expresses the possibility that something will not happen. If it were çıkamayabilir (with an extra -a- right before -ma), it would mean might not be able to turn up, which shows a possible lack of ability.
Why is there a -mız ending on yapacağımız instead of just using yapacak?
yapacağımız is a future participle used here to mean that we will do. It combines yap- (do), the future suffix -acak, and the possessive -ımız (our). The k softens to ğ because of the following vowel. Because Turkish uses possessive structures to form these relative clauses, it translates literally as at our will-do excavation.
Why use the verb çıkmak here? Doesn't it usually mean to exit?
Yes, çıkmak literally means to exit or to go out, but it is a very flexible verb. When talking about excavations, searching in your pockets, or even drawing a lottery ticket, it takes on the meaning of to turn up, to emerge, or to be found.
The English translation says ancient bones, but is singular. Why isn't it ?