Breakdown of Çocuk susam yememiş olabilir, yüzü başka bir şeyden kabarmış olabilir.
bir
a / an
çocuk
child
yemek
to eat
olmak
to be
Questions & Answers about Çocuk susam yememiş olabilir, yüzü başka bir şeyden kabarmış olabilir.
How is the negative formed in yememiş olabilir?
To say 'might not have [done something]', the negative suffix -me or -ma attaches to the main verb before -miş, rather than to the auxiliary verb. So, yememiş olabilir means 'might not have eaten'. Negating the auxiliary verb instead would change the grammatical meaning entirely.
What does the combination of -mış and olabilir tell us in kabarmış olabilir?
This is the epistemic past possibility structure you are currently learning. It shows the speaker is making a guess about a past event based on current physical evidence. They did not witness the allergic reaction happening, but they see the swollen face now and deduce it 'might have broken out' due to something else.
Why does başka bir şey take the ablative case ending -den?
The ablative case (-den / -dan) is used here to show the cause or source of the physical reaction. Just like in English where you break out 'from' something, Turkish uses the 'from' case. Therefore, başka bir şeyden means 'from something else' or 'because of something else'.
Why doesn't susam have an accusative case ending (like susamı)?
Because susam is a non-specific direct object in this sentence. The speaker is talking about the child eating sesame in general, not a specific, previously mentioned batch of sesame. Non-specific direct objects sit right before the verb and do not take the accusative suffix.