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What does Kuş avcısı mean, and how is this phrase formed?
Kuş avcısı means bird hunter. It’s a compound of kuş (bird) + avcı (hunter). The second element avcı takes the 3rd person singular possessive suffix -sı here to link it with kuş, so you get kuş avcısı = “hunter of birds.”
Why does avcı become avcısı in kuş avcısı?
Turkish often uses a genitive–possessive construction for “X of Y.” In full you’d say kuşun avcısı, where kuşun is the genitive of kuş and avcısı is avcı + -sı (3rd person singular possessive). In many compounds you drop the genitive -un but keep the possessor marker on the head noun, yielding kuş avcısı.
Why is avcısı spelled with ı and not i, and why isn’t it kuşçavcısı?
Turkish suffix vowels obey vowel harmony (front/back, rounded/unrounded). Avcı ends in ı (a back unrounded vowel), so the suffix -sI appears as -sı (back unrounded). Stems don’t change—only the suffix vowel changes—so you get avcısı. There’s no extra ç because kuş and avcı are separate stems in a compound.
In taze avını, why isn’t it just taze avı, and what does the -n- represent?
taze avını breaks down as taze av (fresh prey) + -ı (3rd person possessive: “his/her prey”) + -ı (accusative case: definite object). Written out it’s avı-n-ı. The first -ı shows possession, the second -ı marks it as a specific object of çıkarırken. The n is a buffer consonant so the two ı vowels don’t collide.
What case is ağdan, and what does ağdan çıkarırken mean?
Ağdan is ağ (net) + -dan (ablative), meaning “from/out of the net.” Çıkarırken is the verb çıkarmak (to take out) in the “while” form: root çıkar- + present/aorist marker -ır/-ir + converb -ken → çıkarırken. So ağdan çıkarırken means while (he was) taking it out of the net.
Why is it çıkarırken and not çıkarıyorken or çıkarken?
When you form a “while” clause with -ken, you attach it to the verb root (minus -mak) plus the small present/aorist marker -ır/-ir (for vowel harmony). You do çıkar-ır-ken → çıkarırken. You don’t include the progressive -yor inside these non-finite -ken forms.
What is mandalı, and why does it have -ı at the end?
Mandalı is mandal (clip/clothespin/latch) + -ı (accusative case for a definite object). It means “(he) adjusted the clip.” Because mandal ends in a (a back vowel), the accusative suffix -ı surfaces as -ı by vowel harmony: mandal + ı → mandalı.
What does mandal refer to here?
A mandal is a small spring-type clip or clamp—think of a clothespin or the little latch used to hold parts of a net. In this sentence it’s the clip on the hunter’s net that he adjusts.
How is dikkatlice formed, and what does it mean?
Dikkatli means careful. To turn an adjective into an adverb you add -ce/-ca/-çe/-ça (with vowel harmony). After i in dikkatli, you choose -ce, giving dikkatlice, which means carefully.
Why is ayarladı in the simple past tense, and why is there no separate subject pronoun?
Ayarladı is ayarla- (to adjust) + -dı (3rd person singular simple past). Turkish typically drops overt subject pronouns when the verb ending already indicates the person. Here -dı tells you “he/she/it adjusted,” so you don’t need to say o ayarladı—just ayarladı.