Breakdown of Hepsi bilerek bu yanılsamayı uydurmuş olamaz.
bu
this
olmak
to be
hepsi
all of them
bilerek
deliberately / on purpose
Questions & Answers about Hepsi bilerek bu yanılsamayı uydurmuş olamaz.
How does the grammar in uydurmuş olamaz create the meaning 'can't have fabricated'?
This structure expresses a negative deduction about the past. The main verb takes the -mIş suffix to show a completed action (uydurmuş, having fabricated). The auxiliary verb olmak takes the negative ability form in the aorist tense (olamaz, cannot be). Together, they literally mean 'cannot be in the state of having fabricated.'
Why is the negative ability attached to olmak instead of the main verb? What is the difference between uydurmuş olamaz and uyduramamış?
In epistemic deductions, the auxiliary verb carries the modal meaning (the impossibility), while the main verb carries the action. uydurmuş olamaz means it is impossible that they fabricated it. If you attached the inability to the main verb instead (uyduramamış), the meaning would change completely to 'they were unable to fabricate it' (as a reported fact).
How does bilerek translate to 'on purpose'?
It is formed by attaching the adverbial suffix -(y)erek (by doing) to the verb bilmek (to know). Literally meaning 'knowingly' or 'by knowing,' this is the most natural way to say 'on purpose' or 'deliberately' in Turkish.
The subject is hepsi (all of them). Why doesn't the verb take the plural suffix, as in olamazlar?