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?