Breakdown of Müşterinin her sayfaya imza atması zorunlu.
sayfa
page
her
every
müşteri
customer
atmak
to throw / to tie (a knot) / to lay (a foundation) / to put (a signature)
zorunlu
mandatory / compulsory
imza
signature
Questions & Answers about Müşterinin her sayfaya imza atması zorunlu.
How does the grammar work to make "the customer's signing" the subject of the sentence?
We use a genitive-possessive pair! The doer takes the genitive suffix -nin to become müşterinin (the customer's). The verb (imza atmak) is turned into a noun using the short verbal noun suffix -ma, and then gets the 3rd person possessive suffix -sı. Together, "müşterinin ... imza atması" acts as a single giant noun clause meaning "the customer's signing."
Could we use the standard dictionary infinitive imza atmak here instead of imza atması?
Only if you remove the specific person! If you wanted to state a general rule like "Signing every page is mandatory" (for anyone), you would use the infinitive: Her sayfaya imza atmak zorunlu. But since we are specifying that the customer must do it, we have to use the -mA verbal noun with a possessive suffix to link the action to müşterinin.
Why does sayfa (page) take the dative suffix -ya to become sayfaya?
The Turkish phrase for "to sign" is imza atmak, which literally translates to "to throw a signature". In Turkish logic, you throw a signature to or onto a document, so the destination of the signature (her sayfa) must take the dative direction case -ya.
Why is there no verb like "is" at the end of the sentence after zorunlu?
In Turkish, present-tense sentences that end in an adjective or noun usually have an implied "to be" verb. Zorunlu by itself means "is mandatory." On formal rules or official documents, you might see the factual suffix -dur added here to make it zorunludur, but in everyday language it is perfectly normal to leave it off.
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