Gençler, bağımsız kararlar verebilmek için sürekli çaba harcar.

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Breakdown of Gençler, bağımsız kararlar verebilmek için sürekli çaba harcar.

• karar: the decision
• çaba: the effort
• bağımsız: independent

Questions & Answers about Gençler, bağımsız kararlar verebilmek için sürekli çaba harcar.

Why is there a comma after Gençler? Is it being used as direct address?

Probably not. In this sentence, Gençler means young people / the youth as the subject, not Hey, young people!

That comma is most likely just a stylistic pause or topic-marking comma. In standard plain writing, you could usually write:

Gençler bağımsız kararlar verebilmek için sürekli çaba harcar.

So yes, a native English speaker might read the comma as direct address, but here it is better understood as a pause, not a vocative.

Why is harcar singular even though gençler is plural?

This is a very common Turkish feature.

With a clear plural subject like gençler, Turkish can use either:

• harcar
• harcarlar

Both can be correct, depending on style and emphasis.

Why is singular possible?

• In general statements about a group, Turkish often uses the 3rd person singular verb form
• The plural meaning is already clear from gençler

So this sentence means something like a general truth about young people, and harcar sounds natural.

What tense is harcar?