Questions & Answers about Anneni üzme!
Why does this sentence use the accusative case (anneni) when the current lesson is about verbs taking the dative case?
This sentence is here to keep you on your toes and show you a contrast! While verbs from this lesson like yardım etmek (to help) or bakmak (to look at) require the dative case, the verb üzmek (to upset) takes a direct object. In Turkish, you directly upset a specific person, so "your mother" requires the accusative case suffix (-i).
What exactly are the suffixes attached to anne here?
The word anneni breaks down into three parts: anne (mother) + -n (the possessive suffix for "your") + -i (the accusative case suffix). We must add the accusative case because "your mother" is a specific, defined person receiving the action of the verb.
How is the negative command "don't upset" formed in üzme?
To give a negative command to a single person informally, you take the verb root and add the negative suffix (-me or -ma). The root of "to upset" is üz-. Because of vowel harmony with the front vowel ü, we use -me, giving us üzme!
If üzmek means "to upset", can I also use it to say "I am sad"?
Üzmek is strictly the active action of making someone else sad. If you want to describe your own feeling of being sad, you would use the adjective form üzgün (sad), as in Üzgünüm (I am sad).
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