Gaz vanası kapalı; bununla birlikte su vanası hâlâ açık.

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Breakdown of Gaz vanası kapalı; bununla birlikte su vanası hâlâ açık.

• kapalı: closed
• hâlâ: still
• gaz vanası: a gas shutoff valve

Questions & Answers about Gaz vanası kapalı; bununla birlikte su vanası hâlâ açık.

Why is it vanası, not just vana?

Because gaz vanası and su vanası are Turkish noun compounds.

In Turkish, when one noun describes another like this, the second noun usually takes the 3rd person possessive suffix:

• gaz vana ❌
• gaz vanası ✅ = gas valve
• su vanası = water valve

So vanası literally looks like its valve, but in this kind of compound it simply means the valve of gas / water, or more naturally in English, gas valve / water valve.

This is a very common pattern:

• araba kapısı = car door
• ev sahibi = homeowner / owner of the house
• mutfak masası = kitchen table

Why are kapalı and açık used without a verb?

In Turkish, the verb to be is often omitted in the present tense.

So:

• Gaz vanası kapalı. = The gas valve is closed.
• Su vanası açık. = The water valve is open.

There is no separate word for is here. Turkish often just puts the noun and the adjective/state word together.

You could think of the structure as:

• [subject] + [state/adjective]

This is completely normal and very common in everyday Turkish.

What exactly does bununla birlikte mean?