Breakdown of Çekmeceleri temizledikten sonra etiketleyecek kutuları hazırladım.
kutu
box
temizlemek
to clean
çekmece
drawer
sonra
after
hazırlamak
to prepare / to pack
etiketlemek
to label
Questions & Answers about Çekmeceleri temizledikten sonra etiketleyecek kutuları hazırladım.
Doesn't etiketleyecek kutuları literally translate to "the boxes that will label"?
It looks that way, but this is the "purpose and utility" function of the -(y)ecek participle taught in this lesson. When used this way, it means "boxes to label" or "boxes for labeling." Turkish frequently uses this active future participle to show what an object is meant to be used for, even if English might phrase it passively ("boxes to be labeled").
Why does kutuları have the accusative -ı ending if it comes right after a participle?
The accusative case marks the entire phrase etiketleyecek kutuları (the boxes to label) as the specific direct object of the main verb hazırladım (I prepared). It shows that the speaker prepared those specific boxes, rather than just boxes in general.
How is the verb etiketleyecek formed?
It originates from the noun etiket (label or tag). Adding the suffix -le turns it into the verb etiketlemek (to label). Because the verb stem etiketle- ends in a vowel, it requires the buffer consonant -y- before attaching the -ecek participle, resulting in etiketleyecek.
In the phrase temizledikten sonra, how do we know who did the cleaning?
The structure -dikten sonra translates to "after doing [verb]." Because there is no explicit subject or personal possessive ending attached to it, Turkish grammar assumes the doer of this action is the same as the subject of the main verb. Since hazırladım means "I prepared," it is automatically understood that "I" also did the cleaning.
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