In this article, the elements that are commonly analyzed as noun + auxiliary verb, called compound verbs in our linguistic literature, are discussed. The subject in question has generally been examined in the same way, except for a few studies. According to the current understanding, verbs such as etmek, kılmak, olmak serve as auxiliary elements in these formations and verbize the noun in front of them. The issue of compound verbs appears before us as an issue with problematic and contradictory aspects when considered in terms of the suffixation order of the Turkish language. When the compound verb formations, whose analysis is made in the form of noun + auxiliary verb, are considered according to the aggregation culture that dominates the Turkish language, it is understood that the result does not allow such an analysis. In word-by-word contrast, it is the oldest and well-established rule of the Turkish language that, except for examples of borrowing, the auxiliary element is always pronounced first and the main element is pronounced later. Accordingly, in an organization such as yardım etmek, the word yardım is the auxiliary element and etmek is the main element. The equivalent of this order in the Turkish language is not a compound verb, but a phrase whose complement is a noun and its complement is a verb.

Compound verb, auxiliary verb, determinative group.