Kırtasiyeye uğrayıp kalem alacağım.

the pen

Breakdown of Kırtasiyeye uğrayıp kalem alacağım.

• almak: to buy
• -ye: to
• -ıp: and

Questions & Answers about Kırtasiyeye uğrayıp kalem alacağım.

What does kırtasiye refer to here— the shop or the items?

In everyday Turkish, kırtasiye most commonly means a stationery/office-supplies shop. In this sentence it refers to the shop.

Why is it kırtasiyeye (with -e) instead of kırtasiyede (with -de)?

Because uğramak (to stop by/drop in) takes the dative case (-e/-a): you stop by “to” a place. Examples: okula uğramak, eve uğramak, mağazaya uğramak.

Why does kırtasiye become kırtasiyeye with that double -ye look?

The noun ends in a vowel, so the dative suffix uses a buffer consonant y: kırtasiye + (y)e → kırtasiyeye. It’s written as one word and looks like “-ye-ye,” which is normal.

Can you break the sentence into its parts?

• kırtasiye-ye = stationery shop + dative “to”
• uğra-yıp = stop by + converb -(y)Ip (“and then” with the same subject)
• kalem = pen/pencil (indefinite direct object)
• al-a-cağ-ım = take/buy + future -AcAk
  • 1sg -Im; note k→ğ: alacak + ım → alacağım