Questions & Answers about Adam parayı ödediğini iddia ediyor.
How exactly does the word ödediğini break down to mean "that he paid"?
It starts with the verb ödemek (to pay). We add the past/present participle -dik to form a noun clause, which softens to -diğ-. Then we add the 3rd person possessive -i (making it literally "his paying"), a buffer -n-, and finally the accusative case suffix -i because this entire chunk is the direct object of the main verb.
Why does para take the accusative ending here (parayı)?
Even though ödediğini acts like a noun in the main sentence, inside its own clause it still has verb-like powers. "The money" is the specific direct object of "paying", so para needs the accusative ending -yı.
There are two words with accusative endings (parayı and ödediğini). Is it normal to have two in one sentence?
Yes! Each verb (or verb-like word) gets its own object. Parayı is the direct object of the paying action (ödemek). Meanwhile, the entire phrase parayı ödediğini acts as the direct object of the claiming action (iddia etmek).
How does this structure differ from using the inferential future (-acakmış) that we are learning in this lesson?
If we used the inferential suffix, the sentence would simply be Adam parayı ödeyecekmiş (Apparently the man will pay the money / They say he will pay). However, when we want to explicitly state who is doing the claiming using the verb iddia etmek (to claim), we don't use -mış. Instead, we must turn the action into a direct object using -dik (that he paid) or -ecek (that he will pay).
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