Breakdown of Müdürün yardımcısı şimdi ofiste.
şimdi
now
müdür
manager, director
ofis
office
yardımcı
assistant, helper
Questions & Answers about Müdürün yardımcısı şimdi ofiste.
How does the structure for 'the manager's assistant' work in this sentence?
This is a definite noun compound. The owner (müdür) gets the genitive suffix -ün, meaning 'manager's'. The owned thing (yardımcı) must take the 3rd person possessive suffix -sı to link it back to the owner. Literally, it works like 'the manager's his-assistant'.
Why does müdür take the -ün suffix?
The genitive suffix follows 4-way vowel harmony (-ın, -in, -un, or -ün). Because the last vowel in müdür is ü, the suffix must also be -ün.
Where does the s in yardımcısı come from?
The root word is yardımcı (assistant), which ends in a vowel. The 3rd person possessive suffix here is ı. In Turkish, we cannot put two vowels next to each other, so we use the buffer consonant s for possessive suffixes. This makes it -sı.
Why does ofis take -te instead of -de?