Word
Tamirci cam kapıyı tamir ediyor.
Meaning
The repairman is repairing the glass door.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Tamirci cam kapıyı tamir ediyor.
tamir etmek
to repair
kapı
the door
cam
glass
tamirci
the repairman
Questions & Answers about Tamirci cam kapıyı tamir ediyor.
What does tamirci mean?
The word tamirci means repairman, technician, or repairer. It’s formed from tamir (repair) + the agent suffix -ci, so literally “one who repairs.”
Why is there no article like the or a before tamirci or cam kapı?
Turkish does not have definite or indefinite articles. You simply say tamirci for “a/the repairman” or cam kapı for “a/the glass door.” Definiteness is shown by context and, when needed, by the accusative case suffix (here -ı on kapı).
Why does kapı take the suffix -yı to become kapıyı?
The suffix -ı marks the accusative case for a definite direct object. Because cam kapı is specific (“the glass door”), it takes -ı:
kapı + ı → kapıyı.
Why is there a y between kapı and ı in kapıyı?
When a noun ends in a vowel (here kapı ends in ı) and you add a vowel-initial suffix (-ı), Turkish inserts a buffer consonant y to avoid a vowel clash:
kapı + y + ı → kapıyı.
What is the basic word order in this sentence?