Word
O, hiçbir fizyoterapistin hastalara öyle gösteremeyeceği zor bir teknik uyguluyor.
Meaning
He is applying a difficult technique that no physiotherapist can show to patients like that.
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Breakdown of O, hiçbir fizyoterapistin hastalara öyle gösteremeyeceği zor bir teknik uyguluyor.
bir
a / an
o
that / he / she / it
zor
difficult
göstermek
to show
Questions & Answers about O, hiçbir fizyoterapistin hastalara öyle gösteremeyeceği zor bir teknik uyguluyor.
Why does fizyoterapist have the genitive suffix -in here?
It is the subject of an object relative clause (the part translating to 'that no physiotherapist can show'). In Turkish, the subject of this type of clause takes the genitive case (fizyoterapistin), and the relative verb takes a possessive suffix. It functions literally like 'no physiotherapist's inability-to-show'.
Can you break down the suffixes in the complex word gösteremeyeceği?
It consists of the root göster (show) + -e (ability) + -me (negative) + -yecek (future relative participle) + -i (third-person possessive matching the physiotherapist). The -e plus -me combination creates 'cannot', and the k in -yecek softens to ğ because it is followed by a vowel.
The translation says 'can show', so why does gösteremeyeceği use the future participle -yecek instead of the standard -dik participle?
The future participle -ecek / -acak is not just for strictly future events; it is often used for theoretical, hypothetical, or potential situations. Here, it conveys a meaning closer to 'a technique that no physiotherapist would be able to show'.
We have hiçbir (no) and a negative verb gösteremeyeceği (cannot show). Is this a double negative?