Breakdown of Enerji santrali elektriği şehre sağlıyor.
şehir
the city
sağlamak
to provide
elektrik
the electricity
enerji santrali
the power plant
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Questions & Answers about Enerji santrali elektriği şehre sağlıyor.
What is the basic word order in “Enerji santrali elektriği şehre sağlıyor”?
Turkish typically follows Subject–Object–Verb (SOV).
- Enerji santrali = Subject (the power plant)
- elektriği = Direct Object (the electricity, in accusative)
- şehre = Indirect Object (to the city, in dative)
- sağlıyor = Verb (supplies)
Why is there no word for “the” before enerji santrali or elektrik?
Turkish has no articles like “a,” “an,” or “the.” Definiteness is often shown by context or by case endings:
- The accusative suffix -ı on elektriği signals that this is a specific, known electricity.
- If we spoke in general (any electricity), we could drop the accusative: Enerji santrali elektrik sağlar.
Why is elektrik marked as elektriği with -i?
The verb sağlamak (“to provide/supply”) is transitive, so its direct object normally takes the definite accusative suffix -ı/-i/-u/-ü when it is specific or identified. Here, the power plant is supplying a particular electricity, so we say elektriği.
What does the -e ending on şehir- in şehre mean?
That’s the dative case marker -e/-a, meaning “to” or “toward.”
- şehir = city
- şehre = to the city
How does sağlamak differ from vermek?
Both can mean “to give,” but:
- vermek is the general “to give” (handing something over).
- sağlamak specifically means “to supply” or “to provide,” often used for utilities, resources, support, etc.
Why is enerji santrali written as two nouns without any suffix between them?
In Turkish, you can form compound nouns by putting two nouns together:
- enerji (energy) + santral (plant) → enerji santrali (power plant).
No genitive/possessive suffix is needed when the first noun directly modifies the second.
Could I make this passive, like “Electricity is supplied to the city by the power plant”?
Yes. The passive of sağlamak is sağlanmak. You’d say:
- “Enerji santralinden şehire elektrik sağlanıyor.”
Here:
• -den on enerji santrali marks “by the power plant.”
• sağlanıyor is the passive “is being supplied.”