Breakdown of Bakırda hasar olduğunu fark ettin, değil mi?
değil
not
olmak
to be
fark etmek
to notice
mi
question particle (mı/mi/mu/mü)
hasar
damage
bakır
copper
Questions & Answers about Bakırda hasar olduğunu fark ettin, değil mi?
English uses a matching verb for the tag like "didn't you?". Why doesn't the Turkish tag match the past tense of fark ettin?
In Turkish, the confirmation tag değil mi? (literally "isn't it?") is invariable. It doesn't change to match the tense, person, or verb of the main sentence. Whether you mean "didn't you?", "aren't they?", or "won't we?", you always just use değil mi? at the end.
How does olduğunu work here to mean "that there is"?
To say you noticed that something is the case, Turkish uses a noun clause with the -dık suffix. For facts involving existence ("there is damage"), we use olmak (to be). It becomes olduk, takes the 3rd person possessive -u (referring to the damage), a buffer -n-, and the accusative case -u because this entire clause is the direct object of what you noticed.
Is fark ettin a single verb? Why is it written as two words?
It is a compound verb made from the noun fark (difference/realization) and the helper verb etmek (to do/make). These are written as separate words unless the noun part changes its spelling (like dropping or doubling a letter). Since fark does not change, fark etmek stays as two words.
Could I say "bakırın hasarı" instead of "bakırda hasar"?
You could, but they feel slightly different. Bakırın hasarını uses the possessive to mean "the copper's damage". Using the locative -da to say bakırda hasar (damage on the copper) is a very natural Turkish way to describe a physical flaw or condition located on a specific material or object.
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