Breakdown of Benim kontrol edebileceğim cihazlar mutfakta.
ben
I
mutfak
kitchen
kontrol etmek
to check
cihaz
device
Questions & Answers about Benim kontrol edebileceğim cihazlar mutfakta.
How exactly does edebileceğim break down to mean "that I can do"?
It comes from the helper verb etmek (used here in kontrol etmek). We take the root et-, change the t to d before a vowel, and add -ebil for ability. Then we add the relative participle -ecek, and finally the 1st person possessive -im. The k in -ecek softens to ğ before the vowel, giving us edebileceğim.
Does the -ecek in edebileceğim mean this is happening in the future?
Not necessarily! While -ecek is normally the future participle, when combined with the ability suffix -ebil, it is standardly used for general or present ability as well. It translates simply to "that I can [verb]". (If you wanted to specifically say "that I could control" in the past, you would use -ebildiğim).
Why do we use Benim (my) instead of Ben (I) at the start of the sentence?
In Turkish object relative clauses—where the noun being described (cihazlar) is the object of the action—the subject of the clause takes the genitive case (like benim, senin, Ali'nin). Because the participle takes a possessive suffix (-im in edebileceğim), the subject pronoun has to match it. Grammatically, you are constructing a phrase similar to "My can-be-controlled devices".
Why is there no verb at the end of the sentence?
Because this is a simple locative "to be" sentence. The subject is the entire noun phrase Benim kontrol edebileceğim cihazlar (The devices that I can control), and the predicate is just mutfakta (in the kitchen). In everyday spoken and written Turkish, you don't need a formal "to be" copula like -dır at the end of a sentence like this.
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