Word
On üç arkeolog mezara girip hazineyi arayacak ama onu bulmayabilirler.
Meaning
Thirteen archaeologists will enter the tomb and search for the treasure, but they might not find it.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of On üç arkeolog mezara girip hazineyi arayacak ama onu bulmayabilirler.
o
that / he / she / it
üç
three
on
ten
bulmak
to find
Questions & Answers about On üç arkeolog mezara girip hazineyi arayacak ama onu bulmayabilirler.
How exactly does bulmayabilirler break down to mean 'they might not find'?
It combines the verb root bul (find), the negative marker -ma, the buffer letter -y-, the possibility suffix -abil, the aorist tense marker -ir (used here for general possibility), and the plural marker -ler. The order is the key part of this lesson: placing the negative -ma before the possibility -abil creates the 'might not' meaning.
Why is the first verb arayacak singular, but the second verb bulmayabilirler has a plural ending?
Because the subject On üç arkeolog (Thirteen archaeologists) includes a number, grammar rules say the verb should normally be singular, hence arayacak. For the second verb bulmayabilirler, the subject is in a new clause after ama (but), so the speaker added the plural -ler to gently remind us who 'they' are. It would also be perfectly correct to leave it singular as bulmayabilir.
What is the function of -ip in the word girip?
The suffix -ip connects two consecutive actions done by the same subject, acting like the word 'and'. Instead of repeating the tense and saying mezara girecek ve arayacak (will enter the tomb and will search), you attach -ip to the first verb. It automatically 'borrows' the future tense from the main verb (arayacak) that comes after it.