Turkish

In Turkish we can turn a verb into a gerund fairly easily.
	In English, the gerund is a noun made from a verb by adding -ing.
	In Turkish, the gerund is formed by adding a possessive suffix to the light infinitive.
	Where Turkish uses a gerund, the English translation usually uses a relative clause instead.


<table class="ui celled table">
 <thead>
 <tr>
 <th>Turkish</th>
 <th>English</th>
 </tr>
 </thead>
 <tbody>
 <tr>
 <td>Öl-me-niz-i istiyorum.</td>
 <td>I want you to die.</td>
 </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>


	Now let's chop that apart.
	Öl is, as you know, the root of the word and means die.
	-me is the light infinitive that turns the verb into a noun.
	-niz is the possessive suffix which turns the word into a gerund.
	Lastly, -i is the accusative case marker.



	In a very literal sense, we're saying I want your dying.
	However, since nobody actually talks like that in English, we translate the sentence as I want you to die.



	In later lessons, you will learn other suffixes that turn verbs into nouns that can be gerunds.

Nominalized verbs: with light infinitive and possessive suffix

noun

adjective

determiner

verb

adverb

postposition

interjection

conjunction

pronoun

sentence

phrase

Unknown

NOUN - vowel harmony, consonant harmony

NOUN - vowel harmony, no consonant harmony

NOUN - no vowel harmony, consonant harmony

NOUN - no vowel harmony, no consonant harmony

VERB - intransitive, passive

VERB - intransitive, non-passive

VERB - transitive, non-causative

VERB - transitive, causative

VERB - ablative

VERB - dative

VERB - locative

VERB - accusative

VERB - intransitive, reciprocal

VERB - intransitive, reflexive

VERB - auxiliary

Word	İşletmede başarılı olman için vizyoner olmalısın.
Meaning	In order for you to be successful at business, you should be a visionary.
Part of speech	sentence
Pronunciation

to be, to become, to happen	olmak
for, in order to	için
successful	başarılı
business, management	işletme
visionary	vizyoner

Turkish

İşletmede başarılı olman için vizyoner olmalısın.

Breakdown of İşletmede başarılı olman için vizyoner olmalısın.

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