Breakdown of Maaşı bekletilen işçiler neden memnuniyetsiz?
maaş
salary
neden
why
işçi
worker
bekletilmek
to be kept waiting
Questions & Answers about Maaşı bekletilen işçiler neden memnuniyetsiz?
How does 'Maaşı bekletilen işçiler' translate to 'workers whose salaries...'?
This is the standard Turkish 'whose' construction. Instead of a separate word for 'whose', Turkish puts the possessive suffix on the possessed noun (maaş-ı, their salary) and uses the -An relative participle on the verb (bekletil-en, which is delayed). Literally, it acts as an adjective phrase: 'the their-salary-is-delayed workers'.
What is the exact breakdown of the verb 'bekletilen'?
It contains three suffixes attached to the root bekle- (to wait). The causative -t makes it beklet- (to make wait / to delay). The passive -il makes it bekletil- (to be delayed). Finally, the relative clause suffix -en turns it into the adjective 'which is delayed'.
Since 'işçiler' is plural, why is it 'maaşı' (his/her/its salary) instead of 'maaşları' (their salaries)?
Turkish often uses the singular possessive (maaşı) for plural subjects when each member of the group has exactly one of the item. Saying maaşları bekletilen işçiler is also grammatically correct, but keeping the possessed noun singular is very natural and common.
How is the word 'memnuniyetsiz' constructed?