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.
Why is fark ettim written as two separate words?
Compound verbs formed with a noun and a helper verb like etmek are written separately unless the noun undergoes a sound change, such as a dropped vowel or a doubled consonant. Because the word fark does not change at all when combined with ettim, the two words remain separated.
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