Virüs belirtileri sonunda yatıştı.

finally

Breakdown of Virüs belirtileri sonunda yatıştı.

• belirti: a symptom; sign of illness
• virüs: a virus
• yatışmak: to subside; calm down

Questions & Answers about Virüs belirtileri sonunda yatıştı.

What is the basic breakdown of Virüs belirtileri sonunda yatıştı?

A natural breakdown is:

• virüs = virus
• belirtileri = symptoms / virus symptoms
• sonunda = finally, in the end, eventually
• yatıştı = subsided, calmed down, settled

So the sentence structure is basically:

• subject: Virüs belirtileri
• adverb: sonunda
• verb: yatıştı

Turkish normally puts the verb at the end, so this word order is very natural.

Why is it belirtileri and not just belirtiler?

Because virüs belirtileri is a noun compound.

• belirti = symptom
• belirtiler = symptoms
• virüs belirtisi = virus symptom
• virüs belirtileri = virus symptoms

In Turkish, when one noun modifies another noun like this, the second noun usually takes a special ending, often called the compound or possessive ending. That is why you get belirti → belirtisi, and in the plural belirtileri.

So virüs belirtileri does not literally work like English adjective + noun. It is more like a Turkish noun+noun structure meaning virus symptoms or the symptoms of the virus, depending on context.

Is the -leri in belirtileri the accusative ending?