Breakdown of Baban bu hurdanın pırıl pırıl olduğunu fark etmiş olacak.
bu
this
olmak
to be
baba
father
fark etmek
to notice
hurda
scrap / wreck
pırıl pırıl
gleaming / sparkling
Questions & Answers about Baban bu hurdanın pırıl pırıl olduğunu fark etmiş olacak.
How does the future perfect tense work in fark etmiş olacak?
This uses the exact structure from your current lesson! You take the verb stem et (from the compound verb fark etmek, to realize), add the perfect suffix -miş, and follow it with the future auxiliary olacak (will be). Together, they form the future perfect meaning: "will have realized."
Why is olduğunu used here to mean "that it is"?
To say "that [something] is [something]" in Turkish, you turn the verb into a noun clause using the participle suffix -dık. Here, ol (to be) becomes olduğu (its being). We then add the buffer -n- and the accusative case ending -u to make olduğunu, because this whole "that" clause is the direct object of the main verb fark etmek.
Why does hurda (wreck) take the genitive suffix to become hurdanın?
What kind of phrase is pırıl pırıl?
This is an ikileme (reduplication). Turkish frequently repeats words or sounds to make a description stronger or more vivid. Pırıl pırıl specifically means gleaming, shining brightly, or spotlessly clean.
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