Breakdown of El işi yapan herkesin kaliteli bir fırça kullanmaya alışkın olması faydalıdır.
olmak
to be
bir
a
kullanmak
to use
yapmak
to do
herkes
everyone
faydalı
beneficial
-in
of
el işi
the handicraft
kaliteli
good
fırça
the brush
alışkın
accustomed
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Questions & Answers about El işi yapan herkesin kaliteli bir fırça kullanmaya alışkın olması faydalıdır.
What does El işi yapan mean, and why is yapan used instead of a relative pronoun like “who”?
In Turkish, relative clauses are formed with verb participles, not separate words like who. The suffix -an (or -en) attaches to the verb stem yap- (“to do”) to make yapan, meaning “doing” or “one who does.” So El işi yapan literally is “the one who does handicrafts,” i.e. “anyone who does handicrafts.”
Why is herkesin in the genitive case instead of herkes?
The whole phrase herkesin kaliteli bir fırça kullanmaya alışkın olması is a nominalized clause acting as the subject of faydalıdır. Its head noun is olma (“being”), so the possessor herkes (“everyone”) takes the genitive suffix -in, yielding herkesin. You see the same pattern in examples like senin gelmen iyi olur (“your coming would be good”).
Shouldn’t kaliteli bir fırça take the accusative suffix -ı / -i since it’s the object of kullanmak?
In Turkish, only definite (specific) objects get the accusative suffix -ı / -i / -u / -ü. Here bir fırça is indefinite (“a brush”), so it remains unmarked. If you meant “the brush,” you’d say kaliteli bir fırçayı kullanmaya….
How does kullanmak become kullanmaya, and why not just stay kullanmak?
Infinitives like kullanmak can’t take case endings directly. First you nominalize with -ma, turning kullanmak into the noun kullanma (“using”). Then you add the dative suffix -ya because alışkın olmak requires its object in the dative case. Hence kullanma+ya.
What’s the difference between alışmak and alışkın olmak?
Alışmak means “to get used to” (the process of adapting), whereas alışkın olmak means “to be accustomed to” or “to have a habit of” (the resulting state). Both verbs take their objects in the dative case.
Why is there olması after alışkın, and what does it do?
Alışkın is an adjective (“accustomed”), so you need the verb olmak (“to be”) to form a full predicate. Then to turn that predicate into a noun phrase (so it can function as the subject), you add the third-person possessive -sı, giving olması (“its being”). Thus alışkın olması = “its being accustomed.”
What does the suffix -dır add to faydalı in faydalıdır?
-dır is the formal/neutral third-person copula in Turkish. It turns the adjective faydalı (“useful”) into the full predicate “it is useful,” commonly used in general statements or written style.