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Breakdown of Programa sadık kalmak önemli.
olmak
to be
önemli
important
-a
to
program
the program
sadık kalmak
to stick to
Questions & Answers about Programa sadık kalmak önemli.
What does programa mean, and why is it in the dative case?
program means “schedule” or “plan.” The suffix -a marks the dative case, so programa literally means “to the schedule.” Here it shows what you stay loyal to (i.e. “stick to the schedule”).
What does sadık mean?
sadık is an adjective meaning “loyal” or “faithful.”
Why do we use sadık kalmak instead of sadık olmak?
While sadık olmak means “to be loyal,” sadık kalmak literally means “to remain/be loyal to” something. kalmak (“to stay/remain”) adds the sense of continuing loyalty or actually sticking to the plan.
What role does kalmak play here?
kalmak means “to stay” or “to remain.” When combined with an adjective like sadık, you get “to stay faithful/loyal.”
Why is sadık kalmak in the infinitive form?
Turkish uses the infinitive (-mak/-mek) to turn verbs (or verb phrases) into nouns or noun phrases. Here sadık kalmak (“sticking to [it]” or “remaining loyal”) functions as the subject of the sentence.
What grammatical role does önemli have, and why doesn’t it change?
önemli is an adjective meaning “important.” As a predicative adjective in the present tense, it doesn’t require a visible copula and stays uninflected: "X önemli" = “X is important.”
Why isn’t there a copula like -dır after önemli?
In everyday Turkish, the present-tense copula -dır (or its variants) is often dropped. The full form would be Programa sadık kalmak önemlidir, but it’s perfectly natural and common to say Programa sadık kalmak önemli.
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