Breakdown of Patronun yatırımcıları görüştüreceğini ve tanıştıracağını bilmiyordum.
ve
and
bilmek
to know
patron
boss
yatırımcı
investor
görüştürmek
to make meet, to connect (people)
tanıştırmak
to introduce (people)
Questions & Answers about Patronun yatırımcıları görüştüreceğini ve tanıştıracağını bilmiyordum.
How do the verbs görüştürmek and tanıştırmak show both reciprocal and causative meanings?
Both verbs stack the reciprocal suffix (-ış or -üş) and the causative suffix (-tır or -tür). For example, görmek is to see, görüşmek is to see each other (meet), and görüştürmek is to cause people to see each other (arrange a meeting). Similarly, tanımak (to know) becomes tanışmak (to get to know each other) and then tanıştırmak (to introduce).
Why is it yatırımcıları with the accusative case here? Don't reciprocal verbs usually take the word for 'with' (ile)?
Excellent observation! While pure reciprocal verbs like görüşmek and tanışmak usually take ile (e.g., yatırımcılarla görüştü - he met with the investors), adding the causative suffix (-tür/-tır) makes the verb transitive. Now, the boss is doing the action to the investors, making them the direct object. Therefore, yatırımcılar takes the accusative case (-ı).
Why do the verbs have the -eceğini and -acağını suffixes?
This is how Turkish forms subordinate clauses for things that will happen, translating here to 'that the boss would...'. It uses the future object participle (-ecek/-acak). Since the boss is the one doing the action, it takes the 3rd person singular possessive suffix (-i/-ı), followed by the buffer -n- and the accusative case (-i/-ı) because the whole clause is the direct object of the main verb bilmiyordum.
Why is the word for boss written as Patronun instead of just Patron?
This is required by the object participle construction. In Turkish, when you create a subordinate clause like 'that the boss would do something,' the subject of that clause (patron) must take the genitive case (-un). This links it directly to the possessive suffix on the participle (görüştüreceği). You can think of it literally as 'I didn't know of the boss's future arranging.'
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