Breakdown of Bu söylencenin nesilden nesile aktarılması için kitaplar yazdık.
bu
this
kitap
book
yazmak
to write
için
for
Questions & Answers about Bu söylencenin nesilden nesile aktarılması için kitaplar yazdık.
How does the phrase nesilden nesile work in this sentence?
This uses the current lesson's pattern: Noun + Ablative (-dAn) followed by the same Noun + Dative (-(y)A). Nesil means "generation." Adding the ablative gives nesilden (from generation) and the dative gives nesile (to generation). Together, they form an adverbial phrase showing gradual transfer over time.
Why does söylence take the genitive suffix -nin here?
It pairs with the possessed verbal noun aktarılması to create a genitive-possessive phrase. When we want to say "for the myth to be transferred," Turkish phrases this literally as "for the myth's being transferred." The subject of the action in this type of için clause takes the genitive case.
What are the specific suffixes attached to the word aktarılması?
The root is aktar (transfer). We add the passive suffix -ıl to get aktarıl (be transferred), then the verbal noun suffix -ma to turn it into a noun (the being transferred). Finally, the third-person possessive suffix -sı links it back to söylencenin, completing the "its being transferred" meaning.
Could we use a different word for "myth" instead of söylence?