Word
Kuralları ihlal edersek ceza gelebilir.
Meaning
If we violate the rules, a penalty may come.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Kuralları ihlal edersek ceza gelebilir.
kural
the rule
gelebilmek
to be able to come
-se
if
ihlal etmek
to violate
Questions & Answers about Kuralları ihlal edersek ceza gelebilir.
Can you break the sentence down morphologically?
- kural-lar-ı = rule-PL-ACC → kuralları “the rules” (direct object)
- ihlal et-er-sek = violate do-AOR-COND-1PL → ihlal edersek “if we violate”
- ceza gel-e-bil-ir = penalty come-POT-AOR.3SG → ceza gelebilir “a penalty may come” Overall: “If we violate the rules, a penalty may come.”
Where is the word “we”? I don’t see a pronoun.
It’s on the verb as the suffix -k in edersek. Turkish usually drops subject pronouns because person/number are shown on the verb. You could add biz for emphasis: Biz kuralları ihlal edersek…
Why is it kuralları (accusative) and not kurallar?
Because ihlal etmek “to violate” takes a direct object, and here it’s specific/definite: “the rules” (of this place/system). The accusative -ı marks that definiteness: kural-lar-ı → “the rules.”
Why not kurallara? I often see dative with rules.
Different verbs take different cases:
- ihlal etmek (to violate) → takes a direct object in accusative: kuralları ihlal etmek
- uymak (to obey/comply) → takes dative: So: vs