Breakdown of Bu fon, daha önce başka bir ödenek almamış olmayı bekliyor.
bu
this
bir
a / an
almak
to take, to buy
beklemek
to wait
olmak
to be
daha
more
önce
before / first / firstly
başka
other / another / else
fon
fund
ödenek
grant funding / allowance (official appropriation)
Questions & Answers about Bu fon, daha önce başka bir ödenek almamış olmayı bekliyor.
How does almamış olmayı translate to "not to have received"?
This is the perfective infinitive structure being taught in this lesson: Verb + -mIş + olmak. Here, we use the negative root alma- (not receive), add -mış to indicate a completed state, and combine it with olma, the verbal noun form of olmak. Together, this creates the concept of "the state of not having received."
What is the difference between saying almamayı and almamış olmayı in this sentence?
Almamayı bekliyor would mean the fund "expects not to receive" (looking forward in time). By using the perfective form almamış olmayı bekliyor, the sentence means the fund "expects one not to have received" (looking backward in time). The -mış suffix emphasizes that the lack of receiving a grant must be a pre-existing, completed state.
Why is there an accusative marker (-yı) on olmayı?
The main verb beklemek (to expect/wait for) takes the accusative case when its object is a definite thing or a specific concept. Here, the direct object of the expectation is the entire clause "not having received another grant before." Therefore, the verbal noun olma takes the accusative buffer and suffix, becoming olmayı.
Why doesn't olmayı have a possessive suffix, like almamış olmasını?
Because this is a general requirement applying to any applicant. If the sentence were about a specific person, it would need a possessive suffix, such as onun almamış olmasını bekliyor (it expects him/her not to have received). By leaving off the possessive suffix and just using the infinitive olmayı, it acts as an impersonal rule: it expects one/anyone not to have received it.
Both fon and ödenek relate to money. What is the difference between them here?
Fon means "fund"—usually referring to the organization, the program, or the large pool of money doing the funding (which is why it's the subject doing the expecting here). Ödenek translates to "grant," "allowance," or "appropriation"—the specific chunk of money handed out to an individual or project.
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