Breakdown of Sürgün pahasına, eski patronunun sırlarını ifşa edecek.
patron
boss
eski
old
sır
secret
pahasına
at the cost of
ifşa etmek
to expose
sürgün
exile
Questions & Answers about Sürgün pahasına, eski patronunun sırlarını ifşa edecek.
Why doesn't the word sürgün take any suffix before pahasına?
When using pahasına (at the cost of / at the risk of) with a noun, the noun stays in its bare, absolute dictionary form. Unlike some postpositions that require the dative or ablative case (like -e göre or -den dolayı), pahasına simply follows the plain noun.
What is the literal breakdown of the word pahasına?
It is built on the noun paha (price, value). To this, we add the 3rd-person possessive suffix -sı (its price), the buffer letter -n-, and the dative case -a (to/at). Literally, it translates to 'at its price'.
If sır (secret) usually doubles its final consonant when taking a suffix (like sırrı), why doesn't it happen in sırlarını?
Words like sır or hak only double their final consonant when a suffix starting with a vowel is added directly to the root. Here, the first suffix attached is the plural -lar, which starts with a consonant. Since no vowel is touching the root, no doubling happens, and the rest of the suffixes attach normally.
Could you break down the suffixes in the phrase eski patronunun sırlarını?
It is a standard genitive-possessive chain. patron-u-nun is 'boss-[her]-[genitive]' meaning 'her boss's'. Then sır-lar-ı-n-ı is 'secret-[plural]-[his/her]-[buffer]-[accusative]'. The final accusative -ı is required because these specific secrets are the direct object of the verb ifşa edecek (will expose).
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