Breakdown of Ben felçli bir hastanın yapamayacağı hareketlerde sana yardımcı olacak bir fizyoterapistim.
bir
a / an
ben
I
sen
you
yapmak
to do / to make
Questions & Answers about Ben felçli bir hastanın yapamayacağı hareketlerde sana yardımcı olacak bir fizyoterapistim.
Why is the relative clause suffix -acak used differently in yapamayacağı compared to olacak?
Both are relative clauses, but they serve different grammatical roles. olacak is a subject relative clause meaning 'who will be', modifying fizyoterapist. Because the physiotherapist is doing the helping, we just use the plain -acak ending. yapamayacağı is an object relative clause modifying hareketler (movements). Since the patient is doing the action (not the movements themselves), we must add a possessive ending to the participle to show whose action it is: yapamayacak + ı (his/hers).
How exactly does the word yapamayacağı break down to mean 'that they cannot do'?
It combines several suffixes: yap (do) + ama (inability/cannot) + y (buffer) + acak (future/hypothetical relative clause) + ı (possessive). The -ama- part is the negative ability marker. The k in -acak changes to ğ because it is followed by the vowel of the possessive suffix -ı.
Why does hasta have the genitive suffix -nın here?
In Turkish object relative clauses (where the noun being modified is not doing the action), the subject of that clause must take the genitive case. Since the 'paralyzed patient' (felçli bir hasta) is the one unable to do the movements, it becomes hastanın, linking directly to the possessive suffix -ı at the end of yapamayacağı.