"The man who is crying must be unhappy."
Translation:Ağlayan adam mutsuz olmalı.
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It's probably as subtle a difference as between "unhappy" and "sad" in English. For example, a tragic event could make you sad, but things not going your way could make you unhappy.
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You might certainly call that subtle. I would probably call that synonymous. It may simply be a mistake that uzucu was not accepted here, I guess.
No, it cannot be "üzücü", as it means "upsetting". "üzücü" means something that makes you upset/sad.
Thank you for making that clear.
I think we now have three important subtly different terms:
mutsuz - unhappy
üzgün - sad
üzücü - saddening
Does that seem rıght?
Was just thinking that maybe its perspective. Is your coffee black or does it have no cream :D
Zorunda can't replace the entire "olmalı"; it still needs a verb, and an infinitive at that:
"Ağlayan adam mutsuz olmak zorunda," is possible.
However, that would rather mean: The man who is crying has to/is obliged to be unhappy. He's bound by laws to be unhappy. ;p
"Zorunda" doesn't have the "assumption nuance" that -meli/-malı has.
I wrote "adam ağlayan mutsuz olmalı" and it said I was incorrect. Does the subject have to come after this verb form?
So would you say that this .-an -en ending can be used any time you want to make an adjective out of a verb? The notes were good at explaining how to code it but not at telling us when to use it.
Adam Ağlayan mutsuz olmalı. Why is this wrong ? In other examples, the object is first before the participle. There is no explanation why this is so.