Word
O kitabı ödünç almıyorum çünkü onu yıpratmak istemiyorum.
Meaning
I am not borrowing that book because I do not want to wear it out.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of O kitabı ödünç almıyorum çünkü onu yıpratmak istemiyorum.
kitap
book
o
that / he / she / it
almak
to take, to buy
istemek
to want / to require / to call for
Questions & Answers about O kitabı ödünç almıyorum çünkü onu yıpratmak istemiyorum.
This lesson is about using -mak üzere for conditions. How could I use that grammar to say 'I am borrowing that book on the condition that I don't wear it out'?
You would use the negative infinitive yıpratmamak followed by üzere to set the condition. The sentence would become: O kitabı yıpratmamak üzere ödünç alıyorum.
How does the word ödünç work in this sentence?
The word ödünç generally means 'loan' or 'borrowed thing'. In Turkish, borrowing and lending are expressed using compound verbs: you use ödünç almak (to take as a loan) for borrowing, and ödünç vermek (to give as a loan) for lending.
What is the difference between yıpratmak and yıpranmak?
Yıpranmak is intransitive and means 'to become worn out' by itself. Yıpratmak has the causative suffix -t, which makes it a transitive verb meaning 'to wear something out'. Because the speaker is the one who might wear the book out, we use the transitive yıpratmak.
Why do we see the accusative case used twice here, in kitabı and onu?