Breakdown of Odada mahsur kaldım ama pencereden çıkabildim.
oda
room
çıkmak
to go out / to leave / to exit / to break out / to arise (of a storm)
pencere
window
ama
but
Questions & Answers about Odada mahsur kaldım ama pencereden çıkabildim.
How is the "managed to" part built in çıkabildim?
This uses the past ability structure from this lesson. It combines the verb root çık (go out/exit) with the ability suffix -abil, followed by the past tense -di and the personal ending -m (I). It literally means "I was able to go out."
Could I just say çıktım instead of çıkabildim?
You could, but it changes the feeling of the sentence. Çıktım simply means "I went out." Using the ability form çıkabildim emphasizes that you overcame the obstacle of being trapped, giving the meaning "I managed to get out."
What does mahsur kaldım mean literally?
Mahsur means "stranded" or "besieged", and kaldım means "I stayed" or "I remained" (from the verb kalmak). In Turkish, being trapped is expressed as an action of "staying stranded" (mahsur kalmak).
Why use -den (from) in pencereden if the translation says "through the window"?
The ablative case ending -den or -dan usually means "from", but Turkish also uses it to show the physical route or passage you take to go somewhere. So, going "from the window" is how you express going "through the window" or "out the window."