Breakdown of Kalite kontrol, başarının ilk adımıdır.
Questions & Answers about Kalite kontrol, başarının ilk adımıdır.
This phrase uses the genitive–possessive construction to say “the first step of success.” It breaks down as follows:
- başarı (“success”) + -nın (genitive suffix) → başarının (“of success”)
- ilk (“first”) as an adjective modifying adım
- adım (“step”) + -ı (3rd-person singular possessive suffix) → adımı (“its step”) Putting it all together: başarının ilk adımı = “success’s first step.”
The ending -dır is the third-person copula in Turkish, equivalent to “is” in English. It attaches to the last word of the sentence. So
adımı (“its step”) + -dır → adımıdır (“is its step”).
The copula has the root -dI (with I as a variable vowel) plus an optional buffer consonant or harmonic vowel. Turkish vowel harmony makes that vowel follow the preceding vowel in the word:
- In adımı, the last vowel is ı (a back, unrounded vowel), so the copula vowel also becomes ı, giving -dır.
- In a word with e or i at the end, it would be -dir.
Yes. In everyday spoken Turkish you often drop -dır (especially in general statements) and simply say:
Kalite kontrol başarının ilk adımı.
This still means “Quality control is the first step of success,” but feels more informal. Keeping -dır makes the sentence sound more formal or declarative, like stating a general truth.
The -ı on adımı is the third-person singular possessive suffix, showing that the “step” belongs to “success.” Because we already marked başarı (“success”) with the genitive -nın, we must also mark adım with a matching possessive suffix:
- başarının = “of success”
- adımı = “its step”