Kısa duş almak su tasarrufu sağlar.

the water

Breakdown of Kısa duş almak su tasarrufu sağlar.

• kısa: short
• almak: to take
• duş: the shower

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?