No. 437 in Turkish
olduklarını
"That they are" or "that they were."
In a sentence
Onların başarılı olduklarını söyledim.
I said that they had been successful.
Here, "olduklarını" is used as an object complement in an indirect statement to signify past tense success.
Sanatçıların ne kadar yetenekli olduklarını herkes biliyor.
Everyone knows how talented the artists are.
In this sentence, "olduklarını" specifies the state or characteristic of the artists in an indirect relative clause.
Kitapların ders çalışmak için çok faydalı olduklarını düşünüyorum.
I think that books are very useful for studying.
Here, "olduklarını" conveys the opinion about the usefulness of books in an indirect statement.
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