Bu ilaçtan uzak dur.

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Breakdown of Bu ilaçtan uzak dur.

• ilaç: the medicine
• uzak durmak: to stay away

Questions & Answers about Bu ilaçtan uzak dur.

What does bu mean here?

Bu means this. It points to something near the speaker or already being discussed.

So:

• bu ilaç = this medicine / this drug

Unlike English, Turkish does not use articles like a or the, so bu is enough to specify this.

Why is it ilaçtan and not just ilaç?

Because Turkish uses the ablative suffix here, which often means from.

• ilaç = medicine, drug
• ilaçtan = from the medicine / away from the medicine

In Bu ilaçtan uzak dur, the idea is literally something like:

• Stay far from this medicine

So -tan is necessary because uzak durmak normally goes with something in the ablative.

What exactly does the ending -tan mean?