Ottoman-Turkish conversation-grammar Volume 1; a practical method of learning the Ottoman-Turkish language - Tapa blanda

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ...termination, because the noun is omitted. § 421. The case is just the same with the adjectives also; I can say )&y t£jz t3) eyi ademleri' severim, I like the good people: It is possible again to say fj«y« Lsjlj' Eyileri' severim I like the good (ones), omitting the Substantive. v § 422. The addition of the possessive endings implies a possessor. The possessor is put in the Genitive case and forms the Subject in the English sentence. It is not always inserted, the terminations of the Objective participle being substitutes for it. dji j benim yazdighim is equal to ijli yasdighim; the ending showing the person and the number (§ 102). § 423. The singular nominative is used both as an object and as an adjective qualifying the object, but the other cases, as well as the plural nominative of Past and Future Objectives, are never to be used as adjectives, but as Substantive object: it is not permitted to say § 424. Four important gerunds are obtained from the Declinable Objective Participles. § 425. The Tenth Gerund. The Dative case of the Objective Future Participle is used as a gerund: it then corresponds to the phrases instead of, rather than'; as: Miji £t 4_»x»..Qi I £/, bin ata binijiyimi ishiyi binirim. I would rather ride a donkey than a horse. § 426. The Fourth Gerund. The Locative case of the Objective Past Participles, when used as a gerund, indicates the time of an action, when an action is performed. iliAj iSJJ-i oXi Jjjjl-. musafirlir geldiyindi yimiyi mizi yidik. When the guests arrived we dined; or, the guests having arrived we dined; or, the guests arriving we dined; or, on the arrival of the guests we dined. § 427. The Twelfth Gerund. The Ablative case of Past and Future...