Breakdown of O doğaüstü yaratığı kendi gözüyle görmüş olamaz.
o
that / he / she / it
olmak
to be
görmek
to see
göz
eye
Questions & Answers about O doğaüstü yaratığı kendi gözüyle görmüş olamaz.
How does the structure görmüş olamaz create the meaning 'cannot have seen'?
This expresses a strong deduction about the past. The main verb takes the -mIş suffix (görmüş), acting as a past participle. This is followed by olamaz, the negative potential aorist of olmak ('cannot be'). Literally 'it cannot be that he has seen,' it gives us the meaning 'cannot have seen.'
Is O at the beginning of the sentence the pronoun 'He' or the adjective 'that'?
Strictly speaking, because there is no comma after it, O acts as the demonstrative adjective 'that,' modifying doğaüstü yaratığı. The subject 'He' is implied by the third-person verb olamaz. If O were the subject, a comma would typically be used to separate it from the object: O, doğaüstü yaratığı....
Why does yaratık (creature) change to yaratığı here?
It takes the specific direct object (accusative) ending -(y)I because the creature is the specific thing being seen. When this vowel suffix is added to yaratık, the final consonant k softens into a ğ due to consonant mutation.
Why does the Turkish use the singular gözüyle (with his eye) instead of the plural 'eyes'?