Breakdown of Geri dönüşüm yaptıkları için doğayı koruyacaklar.
yapmak
to do / to make
için
for
doğa
nature
korumak
to protect
geri dönüşüm
recycling
Questions & Answers about Geri dönüşüm yaptıkları için doğayı koruyacaklar.
How do we get "because they do" from yaptıkları için?
The verb root is yap (to do). We add the special suffix -tık, which turns the verb into a noun-like word (the doing of). Then we add the third-person plural possessive -ları (their) because the subject is "they". Finally, adding için (for/because) gives us literally "for their doing"—which translates to "because they do".
The -tık suffix looks like a past tense ending. Does yaptıkları için mean "because they recycled" or "because they recycle"?
It can actually mean both! The -dIk (or -tık here) suffix is used to build "because" clauses for both past and present actions. You have to rely on context to know which one it is. Since the main action here (koruyacaklar) is in the future, translating it as a general present habit ("because they recycle") makes the most sense. If it were a future action ("because they will recycle"), it would use -acak instead: yapacakları için.
Why is the word for nature written as doğayı instead of just doğa?
Doğa (nature) is the specific object receiving the action of the verb korumak (to protect), so it needs the accusative case ending. Since doğa ends in a vowel, we add the buffer letter -y- followed by the suffix -ı, giving us doğayı.
Why is there no word for "they" in the Turkish sentence?
Turkish usually drops the subject pronoun onlar (they) because the suffixes already show who is acting. In this sentence, we actually see the "they" marker twice: as the possessive -ları (their) in yaptıkları, and as the personal plural suffix -lar in the main verb koruyacaklar (they will protect).
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