Breakdown of Evrakları tasdik edeceğimiz zaman notere gideceğiz.
zaman
time
gitmek
to go
evrak
document / paperwork (official papers)
tasdik etmek
to certify / to legalize
noter
notary
Questions & Answers about Evrakları tasdik edeceğimiz zaman notere gideceğiz.
How does tasdik edeceğimiz zaman translate to "when we are going to certify"?
This is the core structure from this lesson. To say "when [someone] will do [something]," Turkish uses the future participle suffix -(y)ecek or -(y)acak, attaches a possessive ending to show who is doing the action, and follows it with zaman (time). Here, tasdik et (to certify) takes -ecek, plus the "our" possessive -imiz. Literally, it translates as "the time of our future certifying."
Why do the verbs etmek and gitmek change to edeceğimiz and gideceğiz?
Both verbs undergo consonant softening (mutation) twice! The roots et (to do) and git (to go) end in t, which softens to a d when adding the vowel-starting future suffix -ecek (making edecek and gidecek). Then, when adding the personal endings -imiz and -iz, the k at the end of -ecek softens to a soft g (ğ).
Why is it evrakları and not just evraklar?
The final -ı is the definite accusative case ending. It shows that evraklar (the documents) is the specific direct object of the verb tasdik etmek (to certify). Because we are talking about specific documents that we intend to certify, we must use the accusative case.
Doesn't evrak already mean "documents"? Why does it have the plural suffix -lar?
You have a great eye! Evrak is originally an Arabic plural word (the plural of a word meaning leaf or paper). However, in modern Turkish, evrak is widely treated as a singular noun meaning "document" or "paperwork." Because of this, it is perfectly standard to see the regular Turkish plural suffix -lar added to make evraklar when referring to multiple documents.
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