"O bana ödüyor."

Translation: She is paying me.

[Haesselmaas]

Wait, I thought the -na ending (like bana) meant "for ....".

Why isn't "he is paying for me" correct and - just curious - how would one write that correctly?

[Eila714030]

bana means to me in english. For me means benim icin.

[Cymruman]

Yes i wrote the same because i thought 'o' was he/she/it. So to my mind 'he is paying for me' should of been accepted

[DarcX]

So, like most languages with a case system, some verbs take a dative object instead of an accusative object?

[Selcen_Ozturk]

yes. actually usually if a verb takes a dative object, it can also take an accusative one and usually dative is for a person and accusative is for an object (this is often also the case in German)

• Ben parayı size ödüyorum (I am paying the money to you)
• Elmayı sana veriyorum (I am giving the apple to you)

of course some can take only one object

• ben sana bakıyorum (I am looking at you)
• ben elmaya bakıyorum (I am looking at the apple)
• bankaya gidiyorum (I am going to the bank)

etc

[DarcX]

Yeah, I suppose I meant to ask whether or not for some verbs the direct object is used in the dative case, as exemplified in the second set of sentences you gave me.

[omer967108]

How would you say "he/she is paying for me"?

[Eila714030]

o benim icin oduyor

[Huzefa243083]

For pay it's öde then why ödu for paying
e changes into u?

[Mohamed72482]

Whay it didn't accept "He pays me"?

[GhislaineS4]

It's present continuous, not perfect.