Breakdown of Herkes havacılık uzmanlarının o sistemi kullandığını biliyor.
o
that / he / she / it
bilmek
to know
kullanmak
to use
herkes
everyone
sistem
system
uzman
expert
havacılık
aviation
Questions & Answers about Herkes havacılık uzmanlarının o sistemi kullandığını biliyor.
Why does uzmanları take the genitive suffix -nın here to become uzmanlarının?
This is the core of how embedded clauses work in Turkish. The phrase expressing what is known is turned into a large noun phrase. In these nominalized clauses using the -dIk suffix, the logical subject doing the action must take the genitive case. So, the experts (uzmanları) become the grammatical owners of the action (uzmanlarının).
Let's look at kullandığını. Why does it end with the accusative suffix -ı?
The entire embedded clause acts as the direct object of the main verb biliyor (knows). Because everyone knows a specific, defined fact, the accusative -ı is attached to the very end of the nominalized verb, right after the buffer letter -n-.
Can you break down all the suffixes on kullandığını?
It breaks down as kullan (use) + -dığ (the -dIk participle, with k mutating to ğ) + -ı (3rd person possessive, linking back to the experts) + -n- (buffer letter) + -ı (accusative case, showing it is the object of the main verb).
In havacılık uzmanlarının, why are there two suffixes after uzmanlar?
The first suffix creates the noun compound, and the second connects it to the embedded clause. Havacılık uzmanları (aviation experts) is a compound noun, requiring the compound suffix -ı. Then, because this group is the subject of our embedded clause, we add the genitive case -nın, resulting in uzman-lar-ı-nın.
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