Breakdown of Hükümetin bu vaadi tuttuğunu biliyorum.
bu
this
bilmek
to know
tutmak
to catch / to hold
hükümet
government
vaat
pledge, promise
Questions & Answers about Hükümetin bu vaadi tuttuğunu biliyorum.
Why does the word vaadi (from vaat) take the suffix -i instead of -ı, and why does the t change to d?
Vaat (promise or pledge) is an Arabic loanword. In Turkish, some of these loanwords take front-vowel suffixes (like -i) even when their last vowel is a back vowel (like a). Additionally, the final t softens to d when a vowel suffix is added, just like in many native Turkish words. So, vaat plus the accusative -i becomes vaadi.
Why is it hükümetin (with the genitive suffix -in) instead of just hükümet?
In English, we say 'I know that the government...'. In Turkish, this is formed as a noun clause acting like a possessed object: literally 'the government's keeping of this pledge'. The subject of this type of clause always takes the genitive case (-in), linking it to the possessive suffix on the verb (tuttuğ-u).
Can you break down the suffixes on tuttuğunu?
Sure! The root is tut- (to hold or keep). We add the participle -duk (which becomes -tuğ due to consonant mutation). Then comes the 3rd-person possessive -u ('its', linking back to hükümetin). Finally, we add the buffer -n- and the accusative case -u because this whole action is the direct object of the main verb biliyorum.
What is the purpose of the final -u on tuttuğunu?
The final -u is the accusative case marker. The main verb of the sentence is biliyorum (I know). Since you have to know something, that 'something' (the entire clause meaning 'that the government kept this pledge') is the direct object of your knowing, so it needs the accusative case to show it is receiving the action of the verb.
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