Breakdown of Bulaşık deterjanı bitti, yenisini alacağım.
almak
to buy
bitmek
to end
yenisi
the new one
bulaşık deterjanı
the dishwashing detergent
Questions & Answers about Bulaşık deterjanı bitti, yenisini alacağım.
What does the sentence mean in natural English?
“The dishwashing detergent has run out; I’ll buy a new one.”
What does bitti literally mean?
It’s the past tense of bitmek “to end/finish/run out.” With inanimate things, it usually means “it ran out/there’s none left.” So Bulaşık deterjanı bitti = “The dish soap ran out.”
Why is it deterjanı and not just deterjan?
This is a Turkish noun–noun compound (belirtisiz isim tamlaması): modifier + head with a 3rd person possessive suffix.
- bulaşık (dishes) + deterjan-ı (detergent-3sg.poss) → “dishwashing detergent.”
The suffix here doesn’t mark ownership; it’s part of the compound pattern.
Is the -ı on deterjanı accusative case?
No. Here it’s the 3rd person possessive suffix of the compound, not the accusative. The whole subject is Bulaşık deterjanı, and the verb is bitti.
Could I say “Bulaşık deterjan bitti”?
No, that’s ungrammatical/nonnative. In such compounds, the head noun needs the possessive: bulaşık deterjanı.
How is formed and pronounced?