Breakdown of Para çekmek için bankaya gidiyorum.
banka
bank
gitmek
to go
için
for
para çekmek
to withdraw money
Questions & Answers about Para çekmek için bankaya gidiyorum.
Why does this sentence use çekmek when that usually means "to pull"?
You're right, the literal translation of çekmek is "to pull." However, in Turkish, the standard way to say "to withdraw money" is para çekmek. You can think of it as physically "pulling" the money out of the ATM or the bank!
How does için translate to "to" in this sentence?
By itself, için usually translates to "for." But when you place it directly after a verb in its dictionary form (like çekmek), it creates the meaning "in order to." So para çekmek için translates specifically to "in order to withdraw money."
Why is there a y in bankaya?
The word for bank is banka. Because the main verb is gitmek (to go), we have to add the "to/towards" direction ending, which is -a here. Since banka ends in a vowel and the suffix is also a vowel, Turkish requires the buffer letter y to keep the two vowels apart, resulting in bankaya.
Why is it spelled gidiyorum and not gitiyorum?
The root verb is git- (to go). There is a pronunciation rule in Turkish where a hard t at the end of certain words softens to a d when a suffix starting with a vowel is attached. Since the present continuous suffix -iyor starts with a vowel, git becomes gid- so that it rolls off the tongue more smoothly.
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