Fotoğrafları dijitalleştirerek dijital arşive kaydettim.

I digitized the photographs and saved them to the digital archive.

Breakdown of Fotoğrafları dijitalleştirerek dijital arşive kaydettim.

• fotoğraf: the photograph
• kaydetmek: to save
• -e: to
• -erek: by
• dijitalleştirmek: to digitize
• dijital arşiv: the digital archive

Questions & Answers about Fotoğrafları dijitalleştirerek dijital arşive kaydettim.

What do the parts of fotoğrafları (fotoğraf + -lar + -ı) mean?

• fotoğraf = “photo”
• -lar = plural suffix (“photos”)
• -ı = accusative (definite direct object)

So fotoğrafları means “the photos” as the object of the verb.

How is dijitalleştirerek formed, and what does it mean?

It comes from three elements:
1) dijital (“digital”)
2) -leştir (causative suffix meaning “make into”)
3) -erek (gerundial suffix, see next question)

Together dijitalleştirerek means “by digitizing” or “after digitizing.”

What does the suffix -erek indicate here?

The -erek suffix is a zarf-fiil (adverbial participle) that:

• Links actions, often indicating means or manner (“by …ing”)
• Suggests that the main action happens as a result of or while doing the first action

In our sentence it shows kaydetmek happened “by digitizing.”

Why is there an -e at the end of arşive?

The -e is the dative case marker in Turkish. It indicates direction or target, so dijital arşive means “to the digital archive.”

What is the structure of kaydettim?

Breakdown of kaydettim:

• kaydet = “to save, record”
• -ti = past tense suffix
• -m = first person singular suffix

So kaydettim means “I saved/recorded.”

Why does the verb kaydettim appear at the end of the sentence?

Turkish is a Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) language. The verb normally comes last, after all objects and adverbial phrases.

Why is there no article like “the” before dijital arşiv?

Turkish has no definite or indefinite articles equivalent to English “the” or “a.” Definiteness is usually implied by context or by using the accusative case for objects.

How are the words dijital and arşiv combined—is that one word or two?

They remain two separate words:

• dijital (adjective)
• arşiv (noun)

As in English adjective + noun constructions, they carry suffixes on the noun when needed (e.g., arşive).

What’s the difference between using -ip and -erek to connect verbs in Turkish?

• -ip lists sequential actions (like “and”):
  “Fotoğrafları dijitalleştirip kaydettim” = “I digitized the photos and saved them.”
• -erek emphasizes how or by what means the main action is done:
  “Fotoğrafları dijitalleştirerek kaydettim” = “I saved (them) by digitizing (them).”

What’s the difference between dijitalleşmek and dijitalleştirmek?

• dijitalleşmek = to become digital (intransitive)
• dijitalleştirmek = to make something digital (transitive)

In our sentence we need the transitive form because I am digitizing the photos.