Word
Bağcı, don salkımları mahvedecek diye kaygılanıyor.
Meaning
The winemaker is anxious that frost will destroy the bunches.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Bağcı, don salkımları mahvedecek diye kaygılanıyor.
diye
saying / asking / that (quoting)
mahvetmek
to ruin / to destroy (to devastate, wreck)
bağcı
vinegrower / winemaker
kaygılanmak
to worry / to be anxious
Questions & Answers about Bağcı, don salkımları mahvedecek diye kaygılanıyor.
How does the structure mahvedecek diye work in this sentence?
To express fear or worry that something might happen, Turkish often uses a direct quote of the feared future event (mahvedecek) followed by diye and a verb of emotion (kaygılanıyor). Literally, it acts as "worrying, thinking 'it will destroy'". In English, this translates to being "anxious that" or "worried for fear that" something will happen.
Why does etmek change to edecek and fuse into one word in mahvedecek?
The verb is a compound of the Arabic loanword mahiv (destruction) and the auxiliary verb etmek (to do). When the future suffix -ecek is added, the t in etmek softens to a d because it is between two vowels. Additionally, the i in mahiv drops out (vowel elision), fusing the parts into the single word mahvedecek.
Why does salkımları take the accusative suffix here?
It takes the specific direct object suffix -ı (salkım + -lar + -ı) because the winemaker is worrying about the specific bunches of grapes on their own vines being destroyed by the frost, making it a definite direct object of the verb mahvedecek.
What is the root of the verb kaygılanıyor?