Tahlil için kan verdim.

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Breakdown of Tahlil için kan verdim.

• vermek: to give
• kan: blood
• tahlil: a medical test or analysis

Questions & Answers about Tahlil için kan verdim.

What does tahlil mean here?

In this sentence, tahlil means analysis, but in everyday medical Turkish it usually means a lab test or testing.

So Tahlil için kan verdim is naturally understood as:

• I gave blood for testing
• I gave a blood sample for analysis

A more explicit version would be Kan tahlili için kan verdim = I gave blood for a blood test.

Why is it tahlil için? Why not something like tahlile?

Because için is the Turkish postposition meaning for.

Turkish uses postpositions, so the word comes after the noun:

• tahlil için = for analysis / for testing

With için, the noun is usually left in its basic dictionary form, so tahlil için is correct.

What does verdim mean exactly?