Word
Şal hanımefendiye ait, onu boş bir askıya asıyorum.
Meaning
The shawl belongs to the lady, I am hanging it on an empty hanger.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Şal hanımefendiye ait, onu boş bir askıya asıyorum.
bir
a / an
o
that / he / she / it
boş
empty
ait
belonging to
Questions & Answers about Şal hanımefendiye ait, onu boş bir askıya asıyorum.
Why does hanımefendi have the -ye suffix before ait?
The word ait means "belonging to," and it always requires the word before it to be in the dative case (the "to/toward" direction). Since hanımefendi ends in a vowel, we add the buffer y and the dative -e, making it hanımefendiye ait (belonging to the lady).
Is ait acting as a verb here since there's a comma right after it?
Ait is an adjective/postposition here, not a verb. In the first clause (Şal hanımefendiye ait), the "to be" verb ("is") is simply implied, which is very common in Turkish. The comma separates this complete thought from the next one.
Why do we use onu instead of just o for "it"?
Because "it" (the shawl) is the specific direct object receiving the action of the verb asıyorum (I am hanging). This means we must use the accusative case. For the pronoun o, the accusative form adds the buffer n and the vowel u, becoming onu.
Why does askı (hanger) have the -ya suffix in askıya?