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In Turkish compound nouns like mesajlaşma uygulaması (“messaging application”), the second noun (uygulama) takes a 3rd-person possessive suffix -sı to signal “its application” (i.e. “the application of messaging”). Once you have uygulaması, you still need the locative ending -nda (“in”). So:
- uygulama = “application”
- uygulaması = “its application” (the definite “messaging app”)
- uygulaması + nda = uygulamasında = “in the messaging app”
The suffix -da/-de is the locative case meaning “in/on/at.”
• Vowel harmony: after back vowels (a, ı, o, u) you use -da; after front vowels (e, i, ö, ü) you use -de.
• Consonant assimilation: when attaching to a word ending in a vowel plus -sı, the d in -da assimilates to n, giving -nda.
So from uygulaması (ends in the vowel ı) + locative -da, you get uygulamasında.
Kalsa bile = “even if it remains/stays…”
• -sa is the conditional/optative suffix attached to the verb stem kals- (“to stay/remain”), giving kalsa = “if it stays.”
• bile (“even”) follows the clause to create a concessive meaning: “even if…”
You could also say kalsa da, but kalsa bile often feels a bit stronger or more formal. Both mean “even if it stays.”
Korunuyor is the present-continuous passive form of korumak (“to protect”).
• Passive base: korun- (“to be protected”)
• Progressive (continuous) suffix: -uyor
• 3rd person singular ending: (zero)
Together, korunuyor = “is being protected” or more loosely, “remains protected.”
Turkish typically follows Subject-Object-Verb order, but subordinate clauses often come first. Here you have:
- Mesajlaşma uygulamasında yazışmalar gayriresmi kalsa bile
(subordinate concessive clause = “even if conversations in the messaging app remain informal”) - gizlilik korunuyor
(main clause = “privacy is protected”)
Putting the concessive clause first sets up the “even if...” context, then the main statement follows.