Breakdown of Bu sistemi dayattıklarını biliyorum ama özerklik istiyorum.
bu
this
bilmek
to know
istemek
to want / to require / to call for
ama
but
Questions & Answers about Bu sistemi dayattıklarını biliyorum ama özerklik istiyorum.
Can you break down the suffixes in dayattıklarını?
Sure! The root is dayat- (to impose). The -tık suffix is the object participle used to turn the verb into a noun clause (the fact that...). The -ları is the third-person plural possessive (their), showing who did the action. Finally, the -nı is the accusative case with a buffer -n-, needed because this entire phrase is the direct object of biliyorum (I know what?).
Why does sistem take the accusative ending -i (sistemi) if the main verb biliyorum already has its own object?
Bu sistemi is the direct object of the verb inside the sub-clause (dayatmak), not the main verb. Since they imposed a specific thing (this system), it takes the accusative case within its own clause before the whole clause gets swallowed by biliyorum.
How is the word özerklik (autonomy) formed?
It is formed by taking the adjective özerk (autonomous) and adding the common abstract noun-making suffix -lik. It works just like turning good (iyi) into goodness (iyilik).
Since the current lesson teaches -tAn ziyade, how would I rewrite this to say 'Rather than the system they imposed, I want autonomy'?