Breakdown of Bilgisayarın ekranı kapalı.
kapalı
closed / off (switched off)
bilgisayar
computer
ekran
screen
Questions & Answers about Bilgisayarın ekranı kapalı.
How does Bilgisayarın ekranı show 'the computer's screen'?
This is a definite noun compound. The owner (bilgisayar) gets the genitive suffix -ın to mean 'the computer's', and the owned item (ekran) gets the possessive suffix -ı to mean 'its screen'.
Why does bilgisayar take -ın instead of -in?
The genitive suffix follows 4-way vowel harmony. Since the last vowel in bilgisayar is a, the suffix must use the undotted ı, making it -ın.
I have seen words take -nın or -sı for this grammar pattern. Why are they not used here?
Those are buffer letters used only when a word ends in a vowel. Because both bilgisayar and ekran end in consonants (r and n), they take the standard -ın and -ı suffixes without any extra buffer letters.
Does kapalı mean 'off' or 'closed'?
It means both! In Turkish, you 'close' electronic devices or screens to turn them off. The opposite is açık (open), which is used for devices that are turned on.
Where is the word for 'is' in this sentence?
In Turkish, sentences describing what something is often do not need a verb. For the third-person 'it is', there is no visible suffix, meaning simply placing the adjective kapalı at the end of the sentence is enough to say 'is off'.
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