Word
Patronun yardımcısı bir rapor yazıyor.
Meaning
The boss's assistant is writing a report.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about Patronun yardımcısı bir rapor yazıyor.
How does patronun yardımcısı translate to "the boss's assistant"?
This is a definite noun compound, which links two specific nouns together to show possession. We add the genitive suffix -un (which acts like "'s") to the owner, patron, making it patronun. Then, we add the possessive suffix -sı to the owned person, yardımcı (assistant), to show who they belong to.
Why is the possessive suffix on yardımcı written as -sı instead of just -ı?
The word for assistant, yardımcı, already ends in a vowel. In Turkish, when adding a 3rd person possessive suffix to a noun that ends in a vowel, you must use the buffer consonant s to separate the vowels. Therefore, it becomes yardımcısı.
Why is it just bir rapor? Doesn't the direct object need an accusative suffix like raporu?
The accusative suffix is only used for definite specific objects (like "the report"). Because the assistant is just writing "a report" in general, it is an indefinite object. Therefore, it does not take the accusative ending and stays in its plain form as bir rapor.
How is the present continuous verb yazıyor formed here?