Breakdown of Atletin haftada bir bile almaması gereken mineraller ve besinler var.
var
there is / existent
ve
and
almak
to take, to buy
hafta
week
bir
one
bile
even
atlet
athlete
gerekmek
to be necessary / to be needed
besin
nutrient
mineral
mineral
Questions & Answers about Atletin haftada bir bile almaması gereken mineraller ve besinler var.
Why is atletin in the genitive case instead of the nominative (atlet)?
It acts as the subject of the verbal noun almaması (not taking). When you express what someone specific needs to do inside a relative clause with gereken (that is necessary), the person doing the action takes the genitive case (atletin) and the action takes a possessive suffix (almaması). Literally, it translates to 'the athlete's not taking'.
Can you break down the stacked suffixes in the word almaması?
The root is al- (take). The first -ma is the negative suffix. The second -ma is the verbal noun suffix, turning the verb into a noun (the act of not taking). Finally, -sı is the third-person singular possessive suffix, which links the action back to atletin (his/her act of not taking).
Why do we use gereken here instead of gerektiği?
We use gereken (the subject participle ending in -en) because the nouns it modifies, mineraller ve besinler, are the grammatical subject of the necessity. The minerals are the things that are necessary to avoid. If you wanted to say 'The athlete knows the minerals he must not take,' the minerals would be the object of the main verb, so you would use gerektiği: Atlet almaması gerektiği mineralleri biliyor.
Does bile modify the frequency or the verb here?
Bile means 'even,' and it always comes immediately after the word or phrase it emphasizes. Here it sits right after haftada bir (once a week) to strongly emphasize the frequency: 'not even once a week'.
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