Breakdown of Denetmen dosyaları eksik bulmuş olsa gerek.
olmak
to be
bulmak
to find
dosya
file
eksik
missing / lacking
gerek
necessary
denetmen
auditor
Questions & Answers about Denetmen dosyaları eksik bulmuş olsa gerek.
The current lesson is about -(y)sa gerek for present deductions. How does bulmuş olsa gerek fit this pattern?
To make a past deduction ("must have found") rather than a present one, we use the evidential past suffix -mış on the main verb (bulmuş), followed by the helper verb olmak in the conditional (olsa), plus gerek. It acts as the standard way to say "must have done" in Turkish.
Why use the evidential -muş in bulmuş olsa gerek instead of the definite past -du (bulduysa gerek)?
Deductions are assumptions about things we didn't directly witness. Because of this, Turkish naturally pairs the inferential/evidential -mış with olsa gerek when guessing about past events. Using the definite past here would sound contradictory and unnatural.
How does the word order work with eksik bulmuş? Is eksik describing the files or the finding?
Eksik (incomplete) is an adjective describing the state of the files, acting as an object complement. Just like in English, you can use bulmak to mean "to find something (to be) a certain way." The structure is Direct Object + Adjective + bulmak. Another example is Fikrini ilginç buldum (I found your idea interesting).
Why does dosyaları take the accusative -ı ending here?
It is the specific direct object of bulmak. We are talking about "the files," a definite, known group of files that the auditor was reviewing. The accusative marker is required, even though the word eksik sits between the object and the verb.
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