Sürdürmesini

Sürdürmesini is a Turkish nominalized clause form derived from the verb sürdürmek, meaning to continue, maintain, or carry on. In usage, sürdürmesini expresses “the continuation” or “the act of continuing” by a subject mentioned within the subordinate clause, and it functions as a direct object of a main verb.

Morphology and function: The form is built by attaching the nominalizing suffix -mesi to the verb stem sürdür-, producing sürdürmesi, and then adding the accusative suffix -i to mark it as the object: sürdürmesini. The exact subject of the embedded clause is understood from context. This construction is common when the main verb conveys wanting, expecting, requesting, or judging something about another’s action.

Usage notes: Sürdürmesini typically appears with verbs such as istemek (to want), beklemek (to expect), görmek (to see/notice in certain senses), or önermek (to propose). Examples:

- Projeyi sürdürmesini istiyoruz. (We want him to continue the project.)

- Onun sürdürmesini bekliyorlar. (They are expecting that he continues.)

- Sürdürmesini görmek istiyorum. (I want to see that he continues.)

The phrase can translate as “the continuation of X” or as the object clause “that X continues,” depending on context and translation.

Relation to related forms: Sürdürmesini is distinct from sürdürmesi, which is the nominative/subjective form meaning “his/her/its continuation.” The accusative -i in sürdürmesini marks it as the object of another verb. Turkish frequently uses such nominalized clauses with -mesi to express clauses as noun phrases within sentences.

See also: sürdürmek, Turkish nominalization, -mesi/-malı/-mali suffixes, Turkish subordinate clauses.