Bankadan para çektim.

the bank

Breakdown of Bankadan para çektim.

• para çekmek: to withdraw money

Questions & Answers about Bankadan para çektim.

What does bankadan mean, and what is the -dan ending?

Bankadan is banka + -dan.

• banka = bank
• -dan = from

So bankadan means from the bank.

This ending is called the ablative case in Turkish, and it often gives the idea of:

• from
• out of
• away from

Examples:

• evden = from the house
• okuldan = from school
• bankadan = from the bank

Why is it -dan here and not -den, -tan, or -ten?

This is because of two common Turkish sound rules:

1. Vowel harmony
2. Consonant voicing / devoicing

For the ablative ending, the basic possibilities are:

• -dan
• -den
• -tan
• -ten

1) Vowel harmony

The last vowel in banka is a, so the suffix uses a too:

• -dan or -tan

2) Final consonant rule

The word banka ends in a vowel, so the suffix keeps d, not t.

So:

• banka + dan = bankadan

Compare:

• ev + den = evden
• ağaç + tan = ağaçtan
• okul + dan = okuldan