Breakdown of Kiliselerin kubbeleri ve camilerin minareleri şehrin siluetini şekillendirir.
Questions & Answers about Kiliselerin kubbeleri ve camilerin minareleri şehrin siluetini şekillendirir.
Both phrases express “the domes of the churches” and “the minarets of the mosques” by using:
• A genitive suffix on the possessor:
– kilise (church) + plural -ler = kiliseler
– kiliseler + genitive -in = kiliselerin (“of the churches”)
– cami (mosque) + -ler + -in = camilerin
• A plural plus 3rd-person possessive on the possessed noun:
– kubbe (dome) + -ler = kubbeler
– kubbeler + possessive -i = kubbeleri (“their domes”)
– minare (minaret) + -ler + -i = minareleri
• şehrin = şehir (city) + genitive -in, marking “of the city.”
• silüetini = silüet (silhouette) + accusative -i, marking a definite direct object (“the silhouette”).
In other words, şehrin shows possession, and silüetini shows that the silhouette is the specific object being shaped.
Look at context and neighboring suffixes:
• If the noun before it has a genitive -in, the -i is a 3rd-person possessive (e.g. kubbeler + -i under kiliselerin).
• If it’s directly attached to a noun functioning as the object of a verb, it’s accusative (e.g. silüet + -i with no preceding genitive).
şekillendirir is the 3rd-person singular aorist (simple present/habitual).
• Root: şekillendir- (“to shape”)
• Aorist suffix -ir indicates a general fact or repeated action.
So it means “(they/it) shape(s)” in a broad, habitual sense.
Yes.
• ve is the straightforward conjunction “and.”
• ile also means “and” or “with,” but is slightly more formal/literary and can fuse with the preceding word (e.g. “kim ile” → “kimle”). In everyday speech, ve is simpler and more common.