Breakdown of Hakkında konuştuğumuz editör bu kapağı beğendi.
bu
this
konuşmak
to speak / to talk
beğenmek
to like, to admire
hakkında
about, concerning
editör
editor
kapak
cover (lid, book cover)
Questions & Answers about Hakkında konuştuğumuz editör bu kapağı beğendi.
How does the 'about whom' structure work in hakkında konuştuğumuz editör?
In English, we use a relative pronoun like 'about whom we talked.' Turkish handles this by putting a postposition with a 3rd-person possessive right before the relative clause. Hakkında literally means 'about him/her/it.' Combined with the -dIk participle, the phrase translates word-for-word as 'about-him/her our-talked editor', linking the postposition back to the head noun.
Could we say onun hakkında konuştuğumuz editör to make the 'about him' part clearer?
You technically could, but native speakers almost always drop onun (his/her) here. The 3rd-person possessive suffix already embedded inside hakkında does the job of pointing to the editör, so adding onun is unnecessary and can sound clunky.
Why does the word kapak change to kapağı in this sentence?
The verb beğendi (liked) acts on a direct object. Because the cover is specific, pointed out by the word bu (this), it requires the accusative case suffix -ı. When you add a vowel suffix to a word ending in k, the k softens to a ğ, making it kapağı.
Why use beğendi instead of sevdi for 'liked'?
Beğenmek is used when you evaluate something and find it good, which perfectly fits an editor reviewing a book cover. Sevmek implies a deeper, more emotional attachment, like loving a person or being deeply fond of something over a long period of time.
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