Breakdown of Su aygırının ve fokun şu an dinleniyor olması çok iyi.
şu
that (pointed out)
iyi
good
çok
very
ve
and
olmak
to be
dinlenmek
to rest
an
moment
fok
seal
su aygırı
hippopotamus
Questions & Answers about Su aygırının ve fokun şu an dinleniyor olması çok iyi.
Why does the sentence use dinleniyor olması instead of just dinlenmesi?
This highlights the main point of the lesson! The word dinlenmesi would mean 'their resting' in a general, factual, or future sense. By using the continuous suffix -iyor before olması, it specifically captures the ongoing action: 'the fact that they are resting right now'. The phrase şu an (right now) makes this continuous aspect the most natural choice.
Since there are two animals resting, why doesn't it use the plural olmaları instead of the singular olması?
In Turkish, when a plural subject is non-human (like animals, plants, or objects), the verb or verbal noun usually takes the singular form. Even though there are two animals connected by ve (and), the verbal noun remains olması.
Why do both animals take the genitive (possessive) endings to become aygırının and fokun?
In nominal clauses ending with a possessive suffix like olması, the subject of that clause must be in the genitive case. Because both the hippopotamus and the seal act as the subjects of the resting action, they both require the genitive suffix.
How exactly does the word aygırının break down?
The word for hippopotamus is su aygırı, which is a noun compound (literally 'water horse') that already ends with the 3rd person possessive suffix -ı. To attach the genitive case ending -ın required by the clause, you must insert the buffer letter -n-, which results in aygırı-n-ın.
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