Breakdown of Şirketin zararlı kimyasallar kullandığı resmî olarak belgelenmeli.
kullanmak
to use
şirket
company
resmî
official
zararlı
harmful
olarak
as / in the capacity of
kimyasal
chemical
belgelenmek
to be documented
Questions & Answers about Şirketin zararlı kimyasallar kullandığı resmî olarak belgelenmeli.
Why doesn't "kullandığı" take a case ending like the accusative "-nı" here?
Because the entire clause Şirketin zararlı kimyasallar kullandığı ("That the company used harmful chemicals") acts as the subject of the main verb belgelenmeli. Sentence subjects take the nominative case, meaning they don't get an extra case suffix. The -ı on kullandığı is purely the possessive suffix linking it to şirketin.
Why is "the company" written in the genitive case (şirketin) if it's the one performing the action?
In Turkish factive clauses made with -dık or -(y)acak, the "doer" of the action takes the genitive case, while the verb takes a possessive suffix. You can think of the grammar here literally as "The company's using of harmful chemicals".
Can you break down the suffixes on the final verb "belgelenmeli"?
It starts with the noun belge (document). Adding -le turns it into the verb belgele- (to document). The -n makes it passive, belgelen- (to be documented). Finally, -meli adds the obligation meaning, creating "must be documented".
Why do we need "olarak" after "resmî"?
Does the circumflex (hat) on "resmî" change the meaning?
Yes, it visually distinguishes the adjective resmî (official) from the noun resmi (his/her picture, or "the picture" in the accusative case, from the root resim). The circumflex also tells you to pronounce the final vowel slightly longer.
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