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Questions & Answers about Eski duvarı yıkıp yeniden örmek için önce çimento ve su karışımını doğru oranlarda yapmalıyız.
Why is eski duvarı in the accusative form with -ı?
Because eski duvarı is the definite direct object of the transitive verb yıkmak. In Turkish, definite objects take the accusative suffix -ı/-i/-u/-ü.
What does the suffix -ıp in yıkıp indicate?
-ıp is a converb (bağ-fiil) connecting two verbs in sequence, roughly “and then.” So yıkıp yeniden örmek means “demolish and then rebuild.”
How can örmek mean “rebuild”? I thought it meant “to knit.”
While örmek commonly means “to knit,” in construction contexts it also means “to lay bricks or stones.” Thus yeniden örmek here means “to rebuild” the wall.
How does için function in this sentence?
için marks purpose. … için = “in order to ….” So yıkıp yeniden örmek için = “in order to demolish and rebuild.”
Why is çimento ve su karışımını in the accusative case?
Because it’s the definite direct object of yapmalıyız (“we must make”). Turkish marks definite direct objects with the accusative suffix, hence karışımını.
What does doğru oranlarda mean, and why the -larda ending?
doğru oranlarda literally means “in correct proportions.” The plural locative suffix -larda conveys “in those multiple ratios” or “in the proper proportions.”
Why is the verb yapmalıyız used here, and how is it formed?
yapmalıyız = stem yap (“to make”) + necessity suffix -malı/-meli (“must”) + first-person-plural ending -yız (“we”). It means “we must make.”
Why does yapmalıyız appear at the end of the sentence?
Turkish follows a subject–object–verb (SOV) order. The main verb, especially with its suffixes, typically comes last.