Breakdown of Sistemin evi soğutabileceği saatleri programladım.
ev
house
saat
hour / o'clock
sistem
system
soğutmak
to cool
programlamak
to program
Questions & Answers about Sistemin evi soğutabileceği saatleri programladım.
How does the word soğutabileceği break down?
It breaks down as soğut (to cool) + -abil (ability) + -ecek (object participle) + -i (3rd person singular possessive). The -k in -ecek softens to -ğ because of the possessive vowel that follows.
Why do we use soğutabileceği with the -ecek participle instead of the standard -dık participle?
When you combine the potential suffix -abil with an object relative clause ("the hours that..."), Turkish strictly uses the -ecek participle to form -(y)ebilecek. Even though -ecek usually implies the future, with -abil it translates to general ability or potential here: "that it can cool."
Why does sistem take the genitive suffix to become sistemin?
In Turkish object relative clauses, the subject of the relative clause takes the genitive case. Since "the system" is the thing doing the cooling, it becomes sistemin. This links grammatically to the 3rd person possessive suffix -i at the end of soğutabileceği.
There are two words with the accusative suffix: evi and saatleri. How does that work in one sentence?
They are objects of two completely different verbs! evi (the house) is the direct object of the action inside the relative clause (soğutabileceği). Meanwhile, saatleri (the hours) is the direct object of the main sentence's verb (programladım).
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