Breakdown of Çocuk ağlıyorsa anne onu dışarı çıkarıyor.
o
that / he / she / it
çocuk
child
ağlamak
to cry
anne
mother
dışarı
outside
çıkarmak
to take out / to remove / to cause (trouble / a scene)
Questions & Answers about Çocuk ağlıyorsa anne onu dışarı çıkarıyor.
How does ağlıyorsa mean "if the child is crying"?
This word combines the present continuous suffix -ıyor (is doing) with the conditional suffix -sa (if). The root is ağlamak (to cry). First, the final a changes to ı before the -yor suffix, making ağlıyor (is crying). Then, we add -sa to the end to get ağlıyorsa (if he is crying).
Why is it onu instead of just o?
Onu is the accusative (direct object) form of o (he/she/it). Because the mother is taking him outside, "he" receives the action of the verb, requiring the accusative case. The -n- is a buffer letter between the root o and the accusative suffix -u.
Why doesn't dışarı (outside) have a "to" suffix here? Shouldn't it be dışarıya?
In Turkish, pure direction words like dışarı (outside), içeri (inside), and aşağı (down) often don't need a direction suffix when paired with movement verbs. While dışarıya çıkarıyor is also grammatically correct, leaving the suffix off and just saying dışarı çıkarıyor is very common and natural.
I know the verb çıkmak means "to go out". Why does this sentence use çıkarıyor?
Çıkarıyor comes from the verb çıkarmak, which means "to take out" or "to remove". It is built from çıkmak (to go out) by adding the suffix -ar. So while the mother might go out (çıkıyor), she takes the child out (çıkarıyor).
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