Word
Bu kaşıntı, susam alerjisinden başlamış olabilir.
Meaning
This itching might have started from a sesame allergy.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Bu kaşıntı, susam alerjisinden başlamış olabilir.
bu
this
başlamak
to begin, to start
olmak
to be
alerji
allergy
Questions & Answers about Bu kaşıntı, susam alerjisinden başlamış olabilir.
How does the structure in başlamış olabilir work to mean 'might have started'?
This structure combines the past/evidential suffix -mış on the main verb (başla-) with the auxiliary olabilir (it is possible / it might be). We use [Verb]-mIş olabilir to express a guess or a possibility about something that happened in the past, literally translating to 'it might be that it has [verb]ed'.
How would I change the sentence to mean 'might NOT have started'?
You add the negative suffix to the main verb, making it başlamamış olabilir. If you were to negate the auxiliary instead (başlamış olamaz), the meaning would change from a mere possibility to a strong deduction: 'It couldn't have started'.
Why is there an extra -n- in alerjisinden instead of just alerjiden?
Susam alerjisi is a noun compound (sesame allergy), where -si is the compound possessive marker. Whenever you add a case suffix like the ablative -den (from) to a word ending in a 3rd person possessive suffix, Turkish requires the buffer letter -n-.
What is the root of the noun kaşıntı (itching)?