Breakdown of Vücudumu tam örtsün diye büyük bir tulum giyiyorum.
bir
a / an
büyük
big
giymek
to wear / to put on
tam
exactly / fully / completely
Questions & Answers about Vücudumu tam örtsün diye büyük bir tulum giyiyorum.
Why does this sentence use the imperative form örtsün (let it cover) when nobody is giving an order?
This is how Turkish forms purpose clauses ("so that...") when the two parts of the sentence have different subjects. You use the optative or imperative form (here, the 3rd person imperative örtsün) followed by diye. Literally, the sentence is structured like: "Let it completely cover my body, I say, (so) I am wearing a large coverall."
Could I use the infinitive örtmek için instead of örtsün diye here?
What are the suffixes on vücudumu and why did the 't' change to a 'd'?
The root word is vücut (body). When we add the possessive suffix -um (my), the final t softens to a d because it's now sandwiched between two vowels (consonant mutation). Finally, the accusative case suffix -u is added because "my body" is the specific direct object being covered. So: vücut -> vücudum -> vücudumu.
Why is the word order büyük bir tulum instead of ?