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Questions & Answers about Serinlemek için çanağa buzlu su koydum.
How is serinlemek formed and what does it mean?
serinlemek comes from the adjective serin (“cool”) + the inchoative/verb-forming suffix -le (“to become”) + the infinitive -mek, so it means “to cool down” or “to become cool.”
What role does için play in serinlemek için?
When attached to a verb infinitive, için expresses purpose (“in order to”), so serinlemek için = “in order to cool off.”
Why is çanak in the form çanağa, and what does the -a suffix indicate?
The suffix -a marks the dative case, indicating movement toward or “into.” Since you put water into the bowl, you say çanağa (“to/into the bowl”).
What’s the difference between çanağa and çanakta?
çanağa (dative) = “to/into the bowl” (direction).
çanakta (locative) = “in/on the bowl” (location).
Use the dative for actions directed toward a place and the locative to describe where something already is.
Why isn’t there an accusative suffix on buzlu su?
Turkish omits the accusative suffix on indefinite direct objects. buzlu su here means “some iced water,” so it’s indefinite and takes no -yu. If it were a specific iced water, you’d say buzlu suyu.
What does buzlu mean, and how does the -lu suffix work?
The suffix -lu/-lü attaches to nouns to form adjectives meaning “with X” or “having X.” buz = “ice,” so buzlu = “with ice” or “iced.”
How is koydum constructed?
koy- is the root (“to put”), -du is the simple past-tense suffix (vowel u chosen by harmony), and -m is the 1st-person singular marker. Together koydum = “I put.”
Why is the purpose clause serinlemek için placed at the beginning of the sentence?
In Turkish syntax, subordinate clauses—especially purpose clauses—typically come before the main clause. That’s why serinlemek için precedes çanağa buzlu su koydum.