Kilit kırıldı.

to break

Breakdown of Kilit kırıldı.

• kilit: the lock

Questions & Answers about Kilit kırıldı.

What does kilit mean in English?

It means lock.

How is the verb kırıldı formed, and what does it indicate?

Kırıldı is the simple past form of the intransitive verb kırılmak (to break). The suffix -dı (adjusted by vowel harmony) shows that the action has been completed, so the sentence implies that the lock broke or is broken.

Why doesn’t the sentence include an article like the or an auxiliary verb such as has?

Turkish doesn’t use articles like the, and it often conveys notions like possession or state indirectly through context. Similarly, auxiliary verbs aren’t needed because the verb form itself carries the meaning of a completed action.

Why is no agent or doer mentioned in the sentence?

Many Turkish verbs, especially those describing spontaneous changes (like kırılmak), do not require an explicit agent. The construction implies that the event happened by itself, which is common in intransitive verbs.

Is the word order in Kilit kırıldı typical for Turkish?

Yes, it is. Turkish typically follows a subject-verb or subject-object-verb order. Here, kilit is the subject and kırıldı is the verb, which is a standard structure in Turkish sentences.