Questions & Answers about Bebek süt içiyor ve doyuyor.
How would I apply the negative suffix we're learning to the verbs in this sentence?
You insert the negative suffix right before the -yor ending. İçiyor (is drinking) becomes içmiyor (isn't drinking), and doyuyor (is getting full) becomes doymuyor (isn't getting full). Notice how the negative suffix changes its vowel (-mi- vs -mu-) to match the vowel in the verb root!
What is the root verb for doyuyor?
The root is doymak, which means "to become full" or "to be satiated" after a meal. In Turkish, getting full is expressed as an action (a verb) rather than a state (an adjective) like it usually is in English.
Why doesn't süt have an ending like sütü?
Because "milk" here is a general, indefinite object. The baby is drinking milk in general, not the specific milk. If we wanted to say "The baby is drinking the milk," we would add the accusative case ending to make it Bebek sütü içiyor.
Why does the ending look like -iyor for the first verb, but -uyor for the second?