Word
Saat iki buçukta boruyu tesisatçıya yaptırdım.
Meaning
I had the pipe fixed by the plumber at half past two.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Saat iki buçukta boruyu tesisatçıya yaptırdım.
iki
two
yapmak
to do / to make
saat
hour / o'clock
buçuk
half past
Questions & Answers about Saat iki buçukta boruyu tesisatçıya yaptırdım.
How does the causative suffix change the verb in yaptırdım?
The root is yap (to do/make). Adding the causative suffix -tır makes it yaptır, meaning "to have something done." Combined with the past tense -dı and the personal ending -m, yaptırdım means "I had [it] done" (or "fixed").
Why is the plumber (tesisatçı) in the dative case (tesisatçıya)?
This is a key rule for causatives. When you have someone do an action to a specific object (like the pipe, boruyu), the person performing the action takes the dative case (-a or -e). While English says "fixed BY the plumber," Turkish grammar treats it as assigning the task "TO" the plumber.
Why use buçuk for "half" in iki buçukta instead of yarım?
Buçuk is always used when a half is added to a whole number (like two and a half, iki buçuk). Yarım is used for an isolated half, like half a loaf of bread. The -ta suffix at the end is the locative case, meaning "at" half past two.
Does yapmak mean "to fix" in Turkish?