Çocuk evden uzaklaştı.

Because -den / -dan is the ablative case ending, which often means from, out of, or away from.

So:

• ev = house / home
• evden = from the house / from home

In this sentence, evden shows the starting point of the movement: the child moved away from the house/home.

Why -den and not -dan? Because of vowel harmony: ev has the front vowel e, so the front-vowel form -den is used.

uzaklaştı is a fully conjugated verb meaning something like moved away, went farther away, or became distant.

It can be broken down like this:

• uzak = far, distant
• -laş = become, get, turn into
• -tı = past tense

So uzaklaşmak literally means to become far/distant, and in natural English it is often to move away.

Then uzaklaştı means he/she/it moved away or became distant.

This is because of consonant harmony.

The past tense suffix is basically -DI, but its form changes depending on the sounds around it:

• -dı
• -di
• -du
• -dü
• -tı
• -ti
• -tu
• -tü

In uzaklaştı, the verb stem before the past ending ends in ş, which is a voiceless consonant, so the suffix uses t rather than d.

Also, the vowel becomes ı because of vowel harmony.

So:

• uzaklaş + dı would not fit Turkish sound rules
• correct form: uzaklaştı

Yes. uzak is normally an adjective meaning far or distant.

Turkish can turn adjectives and nouns into verbs with suffixes. Here, -laş means become or grow into.

So:

• uzak = far
• uzaklaşmak = to become far / to move away

This is a very common pattern in Turkish. For example:

• büyümek = to grow
• sakinleşmek = to calm down
• kirlenmek = to get dirty

So uzaklaşmak is a very normal Turkish way to express moving away or getting farther away.

Because çocuk is the subject of the sentence, and subjects in Turkish are usually in the nominative, which often has no visible ending.

So:

• çocuk = child / the child
• no extra suffix is needed just to mark it as the subject

This is very normal in Turkish. The subject often appears in its plain dictionary form.

Turkish does not have a direct equivalent of the English definite article the.

It also does not always use a separate word for a/an. Sometimes bir can mean a/an or one, but it is not required in every sentence.

So çocuk can mean:

• the child
• a child

Which one is intended depends on context.

Likewise, ev can mean:

• the house
• a house
• home, depending on context

This is one of the biggest differences from English.

It can be understood as either, depending on context.

• ev = house
• ev = home

So evden uzaklaştı can suggest:

• moved away from the house
• moved away from home

If the larger context is physical movement near a building, house may feel more natural.
If the context is family or living situation, home may feel more natural.

Turkish often leaves this kind of distinction to context.

Because Turkish normally prefers verb-final word order.

A basic Turkish sentence often looks like:

• Subject + other information + Verb

So here:

• Çocuk = subject
• evden = from the house/home
• uzaklaştı = verb

That gives:

• Çocuk evden uzaklaştı.

This is a normal and natural Turkish order.

English usually prefers Subject + Verb + ..., but Turkish usually puts the verb last.

Yes, Turkish word order is flexible, but changing it changes focus or emphasis.

For example:

• Çocuk evden uzaklaştı. = neutral, standard
• Evden çocuk uzaklaştı. = more marked; it may emphasize evden
• Uzaklaştı çocuk evden. = possible in expressive or literary contexts, but not the most neutral order

So the original sentence is the safest and most natural version for everyday use.

It is the simple past in Turkish, often called the definite past or direct past.

It is typically used for events the speaker presents as a completed fact.

So uzaklaştı means the action is:

• completed
• in the past
• presented directly and definitely

A learner does not need to worry too much about the label at first; the main idea is that it means moved away / went away in the past.

It is usually intransitive.

That means it does not take a direct object in this use. The child is the one moving away; nothing is being acted on directly.

So:

• Çocuk evden uzaklaştı. = The child moved away from the house/home.

If you wanted a verb meaning to move something away or to keep something/someone away, Turkish would usually use a different form, such as uzaklaştırmak.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

cho-JOOK ev-DEN oo-zak-LASH-tuh

A few important sounds:

• ç = ch as in church
• c = j as in jam
• ş = sh as in shoe
• ı = a vowel that does not exist exactly in English; it is a short, neutral back vowel

So:

• Çocuk sounds roughly like cho-JOOK
• evden sounds roughly like ev-DEN
• uzaklaştı sounds roughly like oo-zak-LASH-tuh

The English-style spelling is only approximate, but it can help at the beginning.

Yes. The verb can be used in other tenses, depending on what you want to say.

For example:

• Çocuk evden uzaklaşıyor. = The child is moving away from the house/home.
• Çocuk evden uzaklaşacak. = The child will move away from the house/home.
• Çocuk evden uzaklaşmış. = Apparently the child moved away / the child has moved away (reported or inferred)

So the core verb is uzaklaşmak, and uzaklaştı is just one tense form of it.