Breakdown of Onun bu şirkette çalışma isteği bitti.
bu
this
o
that / he / she / it
çalışmak
to work / to study
şirket
company
bitmek
to finish / to end
istek
desire / wish
Questions & Answers about Onun bu şirkette çalışma isteği bitti.
Why do we use the short verbal noun çalışma here instead of the full dictionary infinitive çalışmak?
When a verb acts as the first part of a noun compound with an abstract noun like istek (desire), korku (fear), or düşünce (thought), Turkish requires the short verbal noun ending in -mA. Therefore, the phrase is built as çalışma isteği.
How does the grammar of çalışma isteği actually work to mean desire to work?
It forms a standard undefined noun compound. çalışma (working) acts as the modifier, and istek (desire) is the main noun. Just like in other noun compounds, the second word gets a possessive suffix. Here, istek becomes isteği as the k softens to ğ.
What does the word Onun at the very beginning connect to?
Onun (his/her) is the genitive owner of the desire, connecting all the way across the sentence to the possessive suffix on isteği. The core framework of the sentence is Onun ... isteği bitti (His ... desire ended), with the details of what that desire was placed in the middle.
Why is bu şirkette placed where it is, rather than before the main verb bitti?
In Turkish, an action's location or object must sit right next to the verbal noun it applies to. Because the working happens in the company, bu şirkette must go immediately before çalışma. The entire chunk bu şirkette çalışma isteği acts as the subject of the main verb bitti.
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