Breakdown of Spor salonunda düzenli egzersiz yaparken protein alımına dikkat etmek çok önemlidir.
olmak
to be
çok
very
önemli
important
yapmak
to do
egzersiz
the exercise
dikkat etmek
to pay attention
-de
in
-ya
to
-ken
while
düzenli
regularly
spor salonu
the gym
protein
the protein
alım
the intake
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Questions & Answers about Spor salonunda düzenli egzersiz yaparken protein alımına dikkat etmek çok önemlidir.
Why does spor salonunda have two suffixes -u-nda? What does each one do?
-u is the 3rd person singular possessive suffix on salon in the compound spor salonu (“gym”), and -nda is the locative case suffix meaning “in/at.” So spor salonunda literally breaks down as spor salonu-nda → “in the gym.”
How does the -ken suffix work in yaparken? What meaning does it add?
The suffix -ken attaches to verbs (and nouns) to express “while” or “when.” On the verb stem yap- (“to do”) plus vowel-harmonized -arken, you get yaparken, meaning while doing.
Why is the adjective düzenli placed before the noun egzersiz? Is this always how adjective–noun order works in Turkish?
Yes. In Turkish, adjectives normally precede the nouns they modify. So düzenli egzersiz means regular exercise. This is similar to English “regular exercise,” though Turkish overall uses an SOV structure for clauses.
Why do we have protein alımına instead of protein almak or protein almaya?
Because dikkat etmek needs a noun in the dative case as its object. You can derive that noun in two main ways:
- alım: a formal/technical noun from almak, giving protein alımı; add dative -na → protein alımına.
- alma: the standard verbal noun with -ma, giving protein alma; add dative -ya → protein almaya.
Both mean “to take protein,” but alım sounds slightly more formal/scientific.
What case is -na in alımına, and why is it required with dikkat etmek?
The suffix -na (becomes -ına by vowel harmony) is the dative case, marking “to/for.” Dikkat etmek (“to pay attention,” literally “to do attention”) always takes its object in the dative: you pay attention to something → bir şeye dikkat etmek.
How does dikkat etmek work grammatically? Why isn’t dikkat a verb by itself?
Dikkat is a noun meaning “attention.” To form a verb “to pay attention,” Turkish combines dikkat with the light verb etmek (“to do”). So dikkat etmek = to pay attention. You then conjugate etmek normally (e.g. dikkat ederim “I pay attention”).
What does the suffix -dir do in önemlidir? Can it be omitted?
-dir is the 3rd person singular copular suffix used in formal or written Turkish and to state general truths. önemli = “important,” and önemli + -dir = “it is important.” In casual speech you can drop -dir and just say Çok önemli.
There’s no explicit subject pronoun. What is the subject of this sentence?
The subject is the gerund phrase protein alımına dikkat etmek (“paying attention to protein intake”). Turkish often omits pronouns, especially in general statements. So the sentence means:
“Paying attention to protein intake while exercising regularly at the gym is very important.”