Kısa duş almak su tasarrufu sağlar.

Kısa duş almak su tasarrufu sağlar.
Taking a short shower saves water.

Breakdown of Kısa duş almak su tasarrufu sağlar.

su
the water
kısa
short
almak
to take
duş
the shower
tasarruf sağlamak
to save
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Questions & Answers about Kısa duş almak su tasarrufu sağlar.

What is the literal word-for-word translation of Kısa duş almak su tasarrufu sağlar?

A breakdown:

  • kısa = short
  • duş = shower
  • almak = to take
  • su = water
  • tasarruf = saving
  • sağlar = provides
    Literally: “(To) take a short shower provides water saving.”
What is the grammatical structure of Kısa duş almak?

It’s an infinitive clause (verb stem + -mak) functioning as a noun (a gerund phrase).
Kısa duş almak = “taking a short shower” and it serves as the subject.

Why isn’t there an article before duş? For example, why not bir duş?

Turkish has no mandatory indefinite article like a in English.

  • Kısa duş almak (general statement)
  • Kısa bir duş almak (adding bir makes it slightly more specific, but both are correct)
Why is su tasarrufu written without any case ending on su?

This is a compound noun. In Turkish compounds:

  1. The first noun (su) stays uninflected.
  2. The second noun (tasarruf) takes the possessive/accusative suffix.
    Together su tasarrufu = “water saving.”
What does the suffix -u in tasarrufu do?

It marks:

  1. Possessive (saving of water)
  2. Accusative case (the direct object of sağlar)
    So tasarrufu = “the saving (of it).”
What is the role of sağlar, and how is it conjugated?

Sağlar is the 3rd-person singular present of sağlamak (“to provide/ensure”).
Here it means “(it) provides” or “ensures.”

Can you rephrase the sentence using the -arak participle?

Yes. Using -arak (“by …ing”):
Kısa duş alarak su tasarrufu sağlarsınız.
= “By taking a short shower, you save water.”

How would you make the statement a polite suggestion?

Use the imperative and lütfen:
Lütfen kısa duş alın; su tasarrufu sağlar.
= “Please take a short shower; it saves water.”

How could you express the opposite idea: “Taking a long shower wastes water”?

Swap kısa → uzun and tasarruf → israf:
Uzun duş almak su israfı sağlar.
= “Taking a long shower causes water waste.”