Canını koru.

to protect

Breakdown of Canını koru.

• can: life; soul

Questions & Answers about Canını koru.

What is koru grammatically?

Koru is the informal singular imperative of korumak, which means to protect.

So this is the form you use when telling one person directly to do something:

• Koru = protect
• Koruyun = protect, said politely or to more than one person

In Turkish, the subject sen is usually omitted in commands, because it is already understood.

How is canını formed?

Canını can be broken down like this:

• can = life, soul, spirit, inner self
• -ın = your
• -ı = accusative ending, marking it as the direct object

So:

• canın = your life / your soul
• canını = your life / your soul as the thing being protected

The suffixes appear in these shapes because of vowel harmony:

• can has the vowel a, so the possessive becomes -ın
• the accusative becomes -ı

Why is there no separate word for your?