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Questions & Answers about Lütfen pencereyi kapat; rüzgâr perdeyi savurup duruyor.
What does the semicolon do here? Could I use something else?
It links two closely related independent clauses and lets the second clause give the reason for the first without an explicit connector. Alternatives:
- Lütfen pencereyi kapat, çünkü rüzgâr perdeyi savurup duruyor.
- Lütfen pencereyi kapat. Rüzgâr perdeyi savurup duruyor.
- A comma alone is common in informal writing, but the semicolon is clearer and more formal for this cause–effect relation.
Why are pencereyi and perdeyi marked with -yi?
Because they are definite direct objects. Turkish marks specific/definite direct objects with the accusative suffix -(y)ı/i/u/ü (vowel-harmonized).
- We mean the window and the curtain in this room, so: pencereyi, perdeyi.
- If the object were indefinite, you would typically leave it unmarked (e.g., su içiyorum = I’m drinking water).
What is the extra y in pencereyi and perdeyi?
It’s the buffer consonant used when a vowel-final word takes a vowel-initial suffix.
- pencere + i → pencereyi
- perde + i → perdeyi This avoids a vowel–vowel clash. The same happens in kapı + ı → kapıyı.