Breakdown of Köpek yokuş aşağı hızla koşuyor.
Questions & Answers about Köpek yokuş aşağı hızla koşuyor.
It’s an adverbial phrase meaning “downhill” or “down a slope.” Literally “slope downward(s).” It modifies the verb, telling us the direction of motion. You can think of it as a fixed compound; it normally appears with no case ending when used this way:
- Yokuş aşağı yürüdük. (We walked downhill.)
As an adverbial compound, yokuş aşağı doesn’t need a case ending. However, the alternative with the ablative is also very common and perfectly correct:
- Yokuştan aşağı koşuyor. (He/She is running down from the slope.)
The ablative -dan/-den on yokuş makes the “from (the slope)” part explicit.
Yes. With verbs of motion, you may see both:
- Yokuştan aşağı koşuyor.
- Yokuştan aşağıya koşuyor.
The -a/-e on aşağı adds an extra directional “to/down to” nuance, but it’s optional here. Using only aşağıya without marking the slope (i.e., yokuş aşağıya) is much less common and can sound odd; prefer either the fixed compound (yokuş aşağı) or the ablative construction (yokuştan aşağı(ya)).