Breakdown of Bu teori büyük bir kandırmaca, bilim insanları bunu desteklemiş olamaz.
bu
this
bir
a / an
büyük
big
insan
person
olmak
to be
desteklemek
to support
bilim
science
kandırmaca
hoax / deception
teori
theory
Questions & Answers about Bu teori büyük bir kandırmaca, bilim insanları bunu desteklemiş olamaz.
How does the grammar of desteklemiş olamaz create the meaning "cannot have supported"?
This is the exact structure for negative past deductions. It combines the past participle suffix -miş (having supported) with the negative potential auxiliary olamaz (cannot be). Together, they express a strong logical conclusion that something in the past is impossible. If you just said destekleyemez, it would mean "cannot support" (present/general ability), and desteklemedi is simply a factual "did not support".
Where does the word kandırmaca come from?
It comes from the verb kandırmak, which means "to deceive" or "to fool". The suffix -maca is often attached to verbs to create nouns that describe a trick, game, or illusion (another common B2 example is bulmaca, meaning "puzzle", from bulmak). So kandırmaca translates to a deception or a hoax.
Why is the word for scientists bilim insanları instead of just bilim insanlar?
In Turkish, "scientist" is a compound noun: bilim insanı (literally "science human"). Because it is a noun compound, the second word must take the possessive suffix -(s)i. To make it plural, you add the plural suffix -lar before the possessive suffix, which results in insan-lar-ı.
Why does the pronoun take the accusative case (bunu) rather than the dative case (buna)?
The verb desteklemek (to support) is a direct transitive verb in Turkish, meaning its target is a direct object requiring the accusative case. Even if English logic sometimes makes it feel like you are giving support to something, in Turkish you must use the accusative bunu, not the dative buna.
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