Breakdown of Kapkaranlık geceye rağmen yalnız yürüyor.
yalnız
alone
yürümek
to walk
gece
night
kapkaranlık
pitch dark
rağmen
despite / in spite of
Questions & Answers about Kapkaranlık geceye rağmen yalnız yürüyor.
Why does gece take the -ye ending before rağmen?
The postposition rağmen (despite) always requires the preceding noun or pronoun to take the dative case (-e or -a). Since gece (night) ends in a vowel, it needs the buffer letter -y- before the dative ending, resulting in geceye rağmen (despite the night).
How is the word kapkaranlık formed, and what does it mean?
Kapkaranlık is an intensive adjective meaning "pitch-dark". In Turkish, you can emphasize an adjective by taking its first syllable (here, ka-), adding a special consonant like -p, -m, -s, or -r (here, -p), and attaching it to the front of the original word (karanlık). So, ka- + p + karanlık = kapkaranlık.
Does yalnız always mean "alone"?
Not always! While it means "alone" here because it describes how she is walking (yürüyor), yalnız is a very flexible word. Depending on the context, it can also mean "only" or even act as a conjunction meaning "but" or "however".
How do we know the sentence means "she" is walking if there is no pronoun like o?
We actually don't know for sure just from this one sentence! The verb yürüyor (is walking) indicates a third-person singular subject, which could mean "he", "she", or "it". The translation uses "she", but without further context, "he" would also be an equally correct translation.
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