Word
Madenin kapısını açık bırakmamalısınız.
Meaning
You must not leave the mine's door open.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Madenin kapısını açık bırakmamalısınız.
kapı
door
açık
open
bırakmak
to leave (something somewhere), to drop off / to release, to let go of / to quit / to stop (doing something)
maden
mine
Questions & Answers about Madenin kapısını açık bırakmamalısınız.
How is the verb bırakmamalısınız built to mean "you must not leave"?
It breaks down like this: bırak (leave) + ma (not) + malı (must/should) + sınız (you, plural or formal). Notice that the negative suffix -ma always comes before the obligation suffix -malı.
Why is it kapısını instead of just kapısı?
Madenin kapısı means "the mine's door". Because this specific door is the direct object of the verb (it is the thing you are leaving open), it needs the accusative case suffix -ı. The -n- is just a buffer letter between the possessive -sı and the accusative -ı, making it kapısını.
What does the -in do in madenin?
It is the genitive suffix, showing possession like the English apostrophe "s". Maden means "mine", so madenin means "the mine's". It works together with the possessive suffix -sı on kapısı to link the two words.
Why doesn't the word açık (open) take any suffixes here?
Açık is an adjective describing the state you are leaving the door in. In Turkish, when adjectives are used to describe a condition like this (just like in the English "leave the door open"), they stay in their plain dictionary form and do not take any case suffixes.