Breakdown of Sentetik kazak almak yerine organik tişört al.
almak
to take, to buy
kazak
sweater
tişört
t-shirt
yerine
instead of
Questions & Answers about Sentetik kazak almak yerine organik tişört al.
How do you say 'instead of doing [verb]' using yerine?
To say 'instead of [verb]ing', you simply use the dictionary form (infinitive) of the verb ending in -mak or -mek, followed by yerine. Here, almak yerine means 'instead of buying'.
Can I just say sentetik kazak yerine and leave out almak?
Yes! You can say sentetik kazak yerine to mean 'instead of a synthetic sweater'. Including almak just makes it slightly more specific: 'instead of buying a synthetic sweater'. Both are perfectly natural.
Why isn't the word bir (a/an) used before the sweater or the t-shirt?
When you are talking about a general category of items rather than one specific item, Turkish often drops bir (a/an). Here, it feels a bit like saying 'Instead of synthetic sweater-buying, do organic t-shirt-buying.'
Why does the sentence end with the bare word al?
al is the command form (imperative) for the informal 'you' (sen). To tell someone to do something directly, you just use the verb root by dropping the -mak or -mek ending from the dictionary verbs like almak (to buy/take).