Breakdown of İşçiler haklarını savunmak için şiddetten kaçınıyor.
için
for
kaçınmak
to avoid
işçi
worker
savunmak
to defend
Questions & Answers about İşçiler haklarını savunmak için şiddetten kaçınıyor.
Why do we use the ablative case in şiddetten instead of treating violence as a direct object?
In Turkish, the verb kaçınmak (to avoid or refrain from) requires the ablative case (-den or -dan). While in English you just avoid something, in Turkish you avoid "from" something. That is why şiddet (violence) takes the ablative ending.
Why does the suffix on şiddetten start with a 't' instead of a 'd'?
The word şiddet ends in a voiceless (hard) consonant. Because of consonant harmony, when you add the ablative suffix -den, the 'd' changes to a 't' to match the hard sound of the root, making it -ten.
What does the combination savunmak için do here?
Placing a verb in its full infinitive form (ending in -mak or -mek) right before için is how you express purpose or intention in Turkish. Savunmak için literally means "for to defend," which we say in English as "in order to defend."
Can you break down the suffixes in the word haklarını?
The base word is hak (right). We add -ları for the third-person plural possessive (their rights). Because it is the specific direct object of the verb savunmak, it needs the accusative case suffix -ı. The -n- in the middle is a buffer letter used to connect a possessive suffix and a case suffix.