Gün içinde hızlı kurutma modunu kullanmak, nemli giysileri çabucak kullanıma hazır hale getirir.

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Breakdown of Gün içinde hızlı kurutma modunu kullanmak, nemli giysileri çabucak kullanıma hazır hale getirir.

• kullanmak: to use
• hızlı: quick
• içinde: during

Questions & Answers about Gün içinde hızlı kurutma modunu kullanmak, nemli giysileri çabucak kullanıma hazır hale getirir.

What is the function of the infinitive kullanmak here, and why does the sentence start with it?

The phrase Gün içinde hızlı kurutma modunu kullanmak is a nominalized verb phrase (an infinitive clause). In Turkish, adding -mak/-mek to a verb turns it into a noun-like element. Here that entire phrase acts as the subject: “Using the quick-dry mode during the day makes damp clothes ready for use quickly.” Hence the sentence begins with kullanmak rather than a personal pronoun.

Why does modu become modunu in hızlı kurutma modunu kullanmak?

Two things are happening:
1) -u/-ü/-ı/-i marks 3rd-person possession, so modu means “its mode” or simply “the mode.”
2) Because it’s the definite direct object of kullanmak, it also takes the accusative suffix -nu (assimilation of -nı/-ni).
So hızlı kurutma modu → hızlı kurutma modunu (“the quick-dry mode,” as the object).

What does the suffix -leri in nemli giysileri indicate?

Giysi = “clothing,” giysiler = “clothes” (plural). When you make a plural noun a definite direct object, you add the accusative -i, yielding giysileri (plural marker -ler + accusative -i). Thus nemli giysileri = “the damp clothes” (object).