Word
Sarhoş adamın aniden herkese küfredesi geldi.
Meaning
The drunk man suddenly felt an urge to swear at everyone.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Sarhoş adamın aniden herkese küfredesi geldi.
adam
man
gelmek
to come
herkes
everyone
aniden
suddenly
Questions & Answers about Sarhoş adamın aniden herkese küfredesi geldi.
Why is adam in the genitive case (adamın) here?
In the -(y)AsI gelmek structure, the literal translation is that a person's urge to do something came. Because it is his urge to swear, the drunk man takes the genitive case -ın (adamın), and the action gets the matching 3rd person singular possessive suffix -i (küfredesi).
Why is küfredesi spelled with a d when the base verb is küfretmek?
This is a standard consonant mutation. The helper verb etmek ends in t. When you attach a suffix that starts with a vowel, like the inclination suffix -esi, the t softens to a d (küfredesi).
Why does herkes take the dative case -e (herkese)?
The verb küfretmek (to swear at) always demands the dative case for the target of the swearing. Even though the verb is wrapped up in the -esi geldi pattern, it still dictates the case of its objects exactly like a regular verb would.
The lesson mentions we can use var instead of gelmek. Could we say küfredesi vardı here?