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
Course	Turkish
Lesson	Nominalized verbs: with light infinitive and possessive suffix

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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