Breakdown of Doktor, rüyalarımı ona nakletmemi istedi.
o
that / he / she / it
doktor
doctor
istemek
to want / to require / to call for
rüya
dream
nakletmek
to narrate / to relay
Questions & Answers about Doktor, rüyalarımı ona nakletmemi istedi.
Why is nakletmemi written as a single word instead of nakil etmemi?
This is a perfect example of vowel elision in auxiliary verb compounds. The noun nakil (transfer or relay) loses its second vowel (i) when combined with the auxiliary verb etmek, becoming nakl-. Because a letter is dropped, Turkish orthography rules dictate that the compound must be written together as a single word: nakletmek.
Why do both rüyalarımı and nakletmemi take accusative case endings in the same sentence?
Each accusative ending belongs to a different verb's direct object. Rüyalarımı (my dreams) is the definite direct object of the inner verb nakletmek (to relay). Meanwhile, the entire action of relaying, nakletmemi (my relaying), serves as the definite direct object of the main verb istemek (to want).
Can you break down the exact suffixes attached to nakletmemi?
It breaks down as naklet-me-m-i. First is the verbal noun suffix -me (relaying). Next is the first-person singular possessive suffix -m indicating who is meant to do the action (my relaying). Finally, the accusative suffix -i marks this whole phrase as the direct object of the main verb istedi.
Since the subject is the doctor, shouldn't it be kendisine instead of ona?
Strictly speaking, yes. If the doctor wants you to relay the dreams to the doctor himself, kendisine (to himself) is the grammatically precise choice. Using ona technically implies relaying them to a third person. However, in casual, everyday speech, native speakers sometimes loosely use ona to refer back to the subject.
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