Breakdown of Mühürlememiz icap eden belgeyi yırtmak yasak.
belge
document
yasak
forbidden
yırtmak
to tear
icap etmek
to be required / to be necessary
mühürlemek
to stamp / to seal (with a formal seal)
Questions & Answers about Mühürlememiz icap eden belgeyi yırtmak yasak.
How does the structure mühürlememiz icap eden work to mean 'that we are required to seal'?
It combines the verbal noun suffix -me with the possessive -miz to make mühürlememiz (our sealing). Then we add icap eden, which means 'necessitating' or 'requiring'. So literally, mühürlememiz icap eden belge translates to 'the document necessitating our sealing'. This is the standard way to form a relative clause of necessity for this lesson.
Could we use gereken instead of icap eden in this sentence?
Yes, mühürlememiz gereken means the exact same thing. The compound verb icap etmek is synonymous with gerekmek, but it sounds slightly more formal and official. That makes it a great stylistic match here since we are talking about an official belge (document).
Why is belgeyi in the accusative case?
It takes the specific direct object suffix -yi because it is the object of the verb yırtmak (to tear). Even though yırtmak is functioning as a noun in this sentence, Turkish infinitives still take objects in the accusative case just like conjugated verbs do.
Why does yırtmak use the standard dictionary infinitive -mak rather than taking a personal suffix?
When making general statements about an action being forbidden, allowed, easy, or hard, Turkish uses the plain infinitive as the subject. The phrase belgeyi yırtmak simply means 'to tear the document' or 'tearing the document', which acts as the entire subject for the predicate adjective yasak (forbidden).
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