Breakdown of Safkan köpeklerini havyarla besliyormuşmuş!
köpek
dog
ile
with / by / and (linking nouns)
beslemek
to feed
havyar
caviar
Questions & Answers about Safkan köpeklerini havyarla besliyormuşmuş!
Why is there a double -muş suffix at the end of besliyormuşmuş?
Stacking the hearsay/inferential suffix (-mış/-miş/-muş/-müş) twice is a rhetorical device used to express heavy sarcasm, mockery, or disbelief about a claim. While besliyormuş simply means 'apparently he is feeding them,' adding the second -muş changes the tone to 'he claims he feeds them (but I think it is ridiculous or untrue)!'
The root verb is beslemek (to feed). Why is it spelled besliyor instead of besleyor here?
This happens because of vowel narrowing. When a verb ends in a wide vowel like -a or -e, attaching the continuous suffix -yor forces that vowel to narrow into -ı, -i, -u, or -ü. Here, the -e in besle- narrows to -i, resulting in besliyor.
Can you break down the suffixes on köpeklerini?
Yes, it breaks down as köpek-ler-i-n-i: köpek (dog) + -ler (plural) + -i (his, 3rd person possessive) + -n- (buffer consonant) + -i (accusative case marker). The accusative suffix is required at the very end because the dogs are the specific direct object being fed.
Does safkan translate literally to 'pure blood'?