Breakdown of Çocuklar bu büyük tehlikeden kaçındı.
bu
this
çocuk
child
büyük
big
tehlike
danger
kaçınmak
to avoid
Questions & Answers about Çocuklar bu büyük tehlikeden kaçındı.
Why does tehlikeden have the -den ending if the English translation doesn't say 'from'?
The verb kaçınmak (to avoid) requires the object to be in the ablative case (-den/-dan, meaning 'from'). In Turkish, you don't just avoid something directly; you 'avoid from' it. This is why tehlike (danger) becomes tehlikeden.
I remember kaçmak means 'to run away'. Is kaçınmak related?
Yes! Kaçmak means 'to run away' or 'escape'. The -ın suffix creates the related verb kaçınmak, which means 'to avoid' or 'refrain from'. Just like you escape 'from' somewhere, you avoid 'from' something, so both verbs require the -den/-dan case.
Since the subject is çocuklar (plural), shouldn't the verb be kaçındılar?
When the subject of a sentence is a plural human (like çocuklar) and is explicitly stated, the plural suffix -lar on the verb is completely optional. Saying kaçındı instead of kaçındılar is very common and perfectly correct.
Does the word order for bu büyük tehlike always match English?
Yes! Just like in English, demonstrative words like bu (this) must come before descriptive adjectives like büyük (big). You cannot swap them to say büyük bu tehlike.
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