Breakdown of Temizleyicinin boş olduğunu fark ettim.
olmak
to be
boş
empty
fark etmek
to notice
temizleyici
cleaner (product or substance)
Questions & Answers about Temizleyicinin boş olduğunu fark ettim.
How does the suffix -ici work in temizleyicinin?
It turns the verb root temizle- (to clean) into a noun meaning a person or thing that cleans (a cleaner). Because the verb root ends in a vowel, we add the buffer letter -y- before the -ici suffix, making it temizleyici. The final -nin is the genitive case suffix linking it to the rest of the sentence.
Why is "that the cleaner was empty" translated using the genitive suffix -nin on temizleyici?
Turkish expresses "that [subject] did/was something" using a genitive-possessive construction. The subject of this embedded clause (temizleyici) takes the genitive suffix (-nin), and the verb (olmak) becomes a verbal noun (olduk-) with a possessive suffix (-u). Literally, the sentence reads as "I noticed the cleaner's empty being."
What are all the suffixes attached to olduğunu?
It breaks down as ol-duğ-u-n-u. The verb ol- (to be) gets the participle suffix -duk (which softens to -duğ). The first -u is the 3rd person possessive matching temizleyicinin. The -n- is a buffer letter, and the final -u is the accusative case suffix. This accusative case is required because the entire clause "that it was empty" acts as the direct object of the main verb fark ettim.