"Little frog, we believed you."

Translation: Küçük kurbağa, biz sana inandık.

[shalawani84]

why this "küçük kurbağa seni inandık" is wrong ?

[mizinamo]

Because inanmak takes the -e case (dative), not the -i case (accusative).

[shalawani84]

How can we know what is the right suffix for the verb ?

[mizinamo]

You have to learn it together with the verb.

So learn not just "bakmak = look" but "-e bakmak = look at"; not just "korkmak = be afraid" but "-den korkmak = be afraid of", and so on.

Just like you have to learn the right preposition in English together with the verb :) "To be pleased with" (not at), to be afraid of (not from or at), to suffer from (not with), to marry someone (not to marry with someone), etc.

[shalawani84]

Thank you it makes sense

[_.-YesPanda-._]

(Küçük kurbağa biz sana inandık) I am turkish ;)

[niloofar1910]

Who believes a turtle??

[niloofar1910]

God,I meant a frog

[SabineBergmann1]

me, frogs are princes, aren't they?

[Inthere]

LOVE this sentence!

[Todd940413]

I assume that inanmak is a loan word. If so, surely some kind and knowledgeable soul could tell us from which language ...

[mizinamo]

I assume that inanmak is a loan word.

It is not.

Nişanyan’s etymological dictionary says that it goes back to Old Turkish (though the root was ınan- back then – no explanation is given for the change in the first vowel).