Breakdown of Dosyaları etiketledikten sonra belgeleri tuttur.
dosya
file
sonra
after
belge
document
etiketlemek
to label
tutturmak
to attach / to fasten (with pins or clips)
Questions & Answers about Dosyaları etiketledikten sonra belgeleri tuttur.
The verb tuttur means "fasten," but looks related to tutmak (to hold). How are they connected?
Tutturmak is the causative form of tutmak. By adding the causative suffix -tur, the meaning shifts from "to hold" to "to make [something] hold." In the context of office documents, this translates perfectly to "fasten," "attach," or "clip together."
Why is there a -ten in etiketledikten sonra?
To say "after doing [action]" in Turkish, you use the structure verb + -DIK + ablative case (-tAn/-ten) + sonra. The postposition sonra always requires the ablative "from" case, so we must use -ten after the past participle etiketledik.
Both dosyaları and belgeleri end with the accusative suffix. Are they objects of the same verb?
No, they are the specific direct objects of two different verbs in this sentence! Dosyaları (the files) is the object of the first action, etiketlemek (to label). Belgeleri (the documents) is the object of the main imperative verb, tutturmak (to fasten).
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