Word
Çorbayı kepçeyle servis ederken üstündeki buhara dikkat et.
Meaning
While serving the soup with the ladle, be careful of the steam above it.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Çorbayı kepçeyle servis ederken üstündeki buhara dikkat et.
ile
with
çorba
the soup
dikkat etmek
to be careful
-ken
while
Questions & Answers about Çorbayı kepçeyle servis ederken üstündeki buhara dikkat et.
Why is it çorbayı and not just çorba?
Because çorba is the direct object of servis etmek, and here it refers to a specific soup, so Turkish marks it with the accusative ending.
- çorba = soup
- çorbayı = the soup
The extra -y- is a buffer consonant. Turkish inserts it because çorba ends in a vowel and the accusative ending also begins with a vowel.
So:
- çorba servis etmek can sound more general
- çorbayı servis etmek = to serve the specific soup
Why is it kepçeyle? Is that the same as kepçe ile?
Yes. Kepçeyle is a shortened form of kepçe ile, and both mean with a ladle.
Breakdown:
- kepçe = ladle
- ile = with
- kepçe ile → kepçeyle
When ile is attached to the end of a noun, it often becomes:
- -la / -le
- or after a vowel, -yla / -yle
So:
- araba ile → arabayla
- kepçe ile → kepçeyle
Both versions are correct, but the attached form is very common in everyday Turkish.