No. 199 in Turkish
olmadığını
"That it is not" or "that it does not exist."
In a sentence
Onun doğruyu söylediğinden emin olamadım.
I couldn't be sure that he was telling the truth.
Here, 'olamadım' expresses uncertainty about the act of telling the truth, as the verb 'olma-' signifies a state or condition in negation when combined with '-madım'.
Kitabın masanın üzerinde olmadığını fark ettim.
I noticed that the book was not on the table.
In this sentence, 'olmadığını' negates the presence of the book on the table, with '-dığını' forming a noun clause about the book's absence.
Bahçede oyun oynayan çocukların yaramaz olmadığını düşündüm.
I thought that the children playing in the garden were not naughty.
Here, 'olmadığını' denies the quality of being naughty about the children, incorporating negation into a descriptive clause.
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