Breakdown of Yani, bütün vazifem sabahtan akşama kadar evrak kaşelemekten ibaret.
akşam
evening
sabah
morning
kadar
as ... as; until, up to
yani
I mean, that is
bütün
all, whole
evrak
document / paperwork (official papers)
ibaret
composed of / consisting of
vazife
duty
kaşelemek
to stamp
Questions & Answers about Yani, bütün vazifem sabahtan akşama kadar evrak kaşelemekten ibaret.
Why does kaşelemek (to stamp) have the ablative -ten ending here?
It is required by the word ibaret, which means 'consisting of' or 'amounting to'. The structure in Turkish is always [noun or verbal noun] + -DAn ibaret. Because the duty is an action, we use the verbal noun kaşelemek and add -ten to complete this set phrase.
I usually see görev for 'duty'. Is vazifem any different?
Vazife is an older, Arabic-origin synonym for görev. Both mean 'duty' or 'task' and are interchangeable in most contexts, though görev is generally more common in everyday modern Turkish. The -m at the end is just the 'my' possessive ending.
Why doesn't evrak have a plural ending if it translates to 'documents'?
The word evrak is actually an Arabic plural form (the plural of 'varak', meaning leaf or document). Therefore, it already carries a plural meaning. While you will sometimes hear native speakers double-pluralize it as evraklar, using just evrak for 'documents' is grammatically correct and standard.
How exactly is the verb kaşelemekten formed?
It starts with the French-origin noun kaşe (a rubber stamp). The suffix -le is used to turn nouns into verbs, creating the verb stem kaşele- (to stamp). The -mek suffix turns it into a verbal noun ('stamping'), which finally allows it to take the ablative case ending -ten.
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