Breakdown of Duanın ne anlama geldiğini anlattı.
gelmek
to come
anlatmak
to explain, to tell
anlam
meaning
dua
prayer
Questions & Answers about Duanın ne anlama geldiğini anlattı.
Why is the verb gelmek (to come) used to express meaning?
In Turkish, the phrase anlama gelmek is a common idiom meaning to mean. Literally, it translates as to come to a meaning. To ask what something means, you can ask Ne anlama geliyor?.
Why does anlam have the -a ending in ne anlama?
Because it is part of the idiom anlama gelmek. The verb gelmek usually requires the dative case to show direction towards something, so anlam takes the -a suffix to literally mean to meaning.
How is the indirect question formed in geldiğini?
It uses the factive suffix -dığı for the current lesson's topic. We take the root gel-, add -dik which softens to -diğ, and add the possessive -i for the third person. Finally, the accusative suffix -ni is added because the entire clause is the direct object of the main verb anlattı (she explained).
Why is it duanın with a genitive ending instead of just dua?
In Turkish embedded clauses made with -dığı, the subject of that specific clause must take the genitive case. Since the prayer is the subject of what the prayer means, it takes -nın to link with the possessive ending on geldiğini.
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