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‘I can’t understand [why you admire Ertan so much].’
For the use of finite statements as the objects of certain cognition verbs see 24.5. A
number of fixed forms such as sanırım ‘I think’, umarım ‘I hope’, bakarsın ‘you’ll see’
are modal adverbials (16.3).
24.2.3 SUBJECT OR OBJECT OF THE VERB iste
A sentence whose main verb is iste- ‘want’ can also have a finite noun clause as its
subject or object, although here the verb in the subordinate clause is always suffixed with
one of the optative forms -sIn, -(y)AyIm or-(y)AlIm (21.4.4.2–3).
(14) [Birer birer gir-e-lim] iste-n-iyor-muş.
one.by.one go.in-OPT-1PL want-PASS-IMPF-EV.COP
‘Apparently they want [us to go in one by one].’
(15) [Her taraf mermerle kaplansın] istiyor.
‘He wants [everywhere to be covered in marble].’
24.3 FINITE NOUN CLAUSES WITH A SUBORDINATOR
The subordinators that mark certain types of finite noun clauses are diye, gibi and ki.
24.3.1 CLAUSES FORMED WITH diye
The subordinator diye is the -(y)A converbial form of the verb de- ‘say’ (26.3.8), and its
functions are quite clearly derived from the various meanings of de- discussed in 24.2.1.
diye is of very common occurrence in the formation of both noun and adverbial clauses
(26.1.1). It always stands at the end of its clause. Noun clauses with diye function as
subject or object of the following classes of verbs:
(i) Verbs of communication other than de
(ii) Verbs of cognition and perception
(iii) Verbs of emotion.
(i) Verbs of communication other than de-:
Where a piece of direct speech is presented as the subject or object of a main verb
other than de-, such as sor- ‘ask’, bağır- ‘shout’ or yaz- ‘write’, diye has to intervene
between the quotation and this main verb:
(16) “Akşam-a gel-ecek mi-sin?” diye sor-du anne-m bana.
evening-DAT come-FUT INT-2SG SUB ask-PF mother-1SG.POSS I(DAT)
‘“Will you be coming back tonight?” my mother asked me.’
As the object of konuş- ‘talk’, a diye clause expresses action that has been agreed upon by
two or more people; this need not be treated as a quotation:
(17) [Herkes bir yemek yapıp getirsin diye] konuşmuştuk.