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- "Ekmek yemek istiyorum."
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Nope! It is a noun and is just a coincidence. (there is a homonym though ekmek that means "to plant")
We don't need that sentence as it is only used for feeding the chickens once it has gone stale.
That was my answer too, but it got marked wrong. I guess the sentence in Turkish makes sense even if you are holding delicious bread, like, "Good thing I got this bread in my hand, because: ekmek yemek istiyorum".
Can/should the objects of infinitives be in the accusative case? I want to eat the food -> ekmeği yemek istiyorum.
doesn't "ekmeği yemek istiyorum." mean " i want to eat the BREAD" not "food" ? i think "yemeği ekmek istiyorum" means " I want to eat the food" doğru mu ?
That'd have to be "yemeği yemek istiyorum" (yemek=to eat, instead of ekmek=bread), no?
"Yemek yemek istiyorum" would be "I want to eat."
I am not sure what you are trying to say with the second part :)
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Some exercises taught us that „yemek“ is „food“. The first would be „I want to eat food“ and the second „I want to eat any food“.
"yemek yemek" is a set phrase. If you use the verb "yemek," it normally requires a noun to go with it. Ergo, "To eat/to eat food" are the same :) It is only in some contexts where you already know what is being consumed that you do not have to include a noun with this verb.
"I want to eat any food" doesn't really make sense in English. "I want to eat some food" would be "Biraz yemek yemek istiyorum" or "Herhangi bir yemek yemek istiyorum."
ALTAIR, i assume that in English we don't use the gerund mode "eat-ING" after the verb "to want". The same in French. The will of "to eat" is before the act of "to eat". "I want" and "eating" are antinomic.
