Learn Hardcore Turkish: Bilgisayarımın donanımını yükselttiğim için tarayıcı ve yazıcı aynı anda sorunsuz çalışıyor. - Since I upgraded my computer’s hardware, the scanner and printer run flawlessly at the same time.

Bilgisayar means “computer.” It carries two suffixes:
• -ım = 1st-person singular possessive (“my”)
• -ın = genitive case marker (“of”)
Together bilgisayarımın = “of my computer” (i.e. “my computer’s…”).

Why does donanımını have two suffixes, -ı and -nı?

Donanım = “hardware.” In donanımını you see:
1) -ı = 3rd-person singular possessive (“its,” because the hardware belongs to the computer)
2) -nı = accusative case marker (marks the noun as a definite direct object)
Morphologically: donanım + -ı (possessive) + -nı (accusative) → donanımını.

What kind of clause is yükselttiğim için, and what roles do -diğim and için play?

This is a reason clause (“because I upgraded…”). Breakdown:
• yükselt- = “to upgrade”
• -ti = past tense marker (“upgraded”)
• -ğim = 1st-person singular participle suffix, turning “I upgraded” into “the fact that I upgraded”
• için = “because” / “due to”
So yükselttiğim için = “because I upgraded…”

Why use -diğim rather than another suffix (e.g. -diğimden) to express “because”?

Turkish has two common ways to form causal clauses:
• -dığı için (more neutral, common)
• -diğinden (slightly more formal or emphatic)
Both mean “because,” but -dığı için is more conversational. You could technically say yükselttiğimden but it sounds a bit stiffer.

In tarayıcı ve yazıcı, why aren’t they plural (i.e. why not tarayıcılar ve yazıcılar)?

Turkish often leaves nouns in the singular when referring to specific, known items or paired devices. Here you mean “the scanner and the printer” attached to your computer. Making them plural would imply you have multiple scanners and multiple printers.

What does aynı anda literally mean, and how is it used?

Aynı = “same”
an = “moment”
-da = locative ending (“at/in the moment”)
Together aynı anda = “at the same moment,” i.e. “simultaneously.”

What is the meaning and formation of sorunsuz?

Sorun = “problem,” -suz = “without.”
Combine to get sorunsuz = “without problems,” i.e. “issue-free,” “smooth.”

Why is the verb çalışıyor in the present continuous (-ıyor) rather than a simple present?

In Turkish the present continuous often describes current states or general truths. Here, “the scanner and printer are working smoothly” right now, so çalışıyor (“are working”) is the natural choice.

Could you reorder the sentence like in English, placing yükselttiğim için at the end?

In Turkish subordinate clauses normally precede the main clause. You can move the causal clause to the front for emphasis:
“Bilgisayarımın donanımını yükselttiğim için, tarayıcı ve yazıcı aynı anda sorunsuz çalışıyor.”
Putting yükselttiğim için at the very end would sound odd and isn’t standard Turkish word order.