Breakdown of Eski bildikleri anımsadım ve biraz duygulandım.
ve
and
bilmek
to know
biraz
a little
eski
old
anımsamak
to recollect
duygulanmak
to get emotional
Questions & Answers about Eski bildikleri anımsadım ve biraz duygulandım.
Wait, doesn't bildikleri normally mean 'the things they know'?
It can! However, in this lesson, we are looking at how the -dIk suffix creates standalone adjectives or nouns. Here, bildik simply means 'familiar' or 'a known thing'. Adding the plural -ler gives us 'familiar things', and the final -i is the accusative case marker showing it is the specific direct object of the verb.
How do I know the final -i on bildikleri is the accusative case and not the third-person possessive?
Context is your best guide. While bildikleri could technically mean 'their familiar things', the sentence is about the speaker's own memory ('I recollected'). The verb anımsamak (to remember) needs an object, so it makes the most sense that bildikler (the familiar things) takes the accusative -i to become the specific direct object.
Is there a difference between anımsamak and the more common verb hatırlamak?
They mean exactly the same thing and take the same grammatical cases. Hatırlamak is based on an Arabic root, while anımsamak is a modern Turkish word created from the noun anı (memory). Both are used frequently in everyday Turkish, so it is helpful to recognize both.
How is the verb duygulandım built?
It starts with the noun duygu (emotion or feeling). The suffix -lan (or -len) is used to turn nouns into verbs, usually meaning 'to become affected by' or 'to acquire' that noun. So duygulanmak means 'to get emotional', and here it takes the past tense -dı and the first-person marker -m.
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