Breakdown of Biz hayvan barınağını hemen büyütürdük.
biz
we
hayvan
animal
hemen
immediately / right away
barınak
shelter
büyütmek
to enlarge / to raise
Questions & Answers about Biz hayvan barınağını hemen büyütürdük.
How is the word büyütürdük built to mean "we would enlarge"?
It starts with the verb root büyü- (to grow). We add the causative suffix -t to make it büyüt- (to make grow, or to enlarge). Then we add the aorist suffix -ür and the past tense suffix -dü, which combine to form the "would do" structure. Finally, the -k tells us the subject is "we".
Why are we using the aorist past tense (-ürdü) here instead of the regular past tense?
In Turkish, combining the aorist tense with the past tense is the standard way to express "would" for imaginary or conditional main clauses. If we just used the regular past tense (büyüttük), it would mean the completed factual action "we enlarged it".
Why does barınağını have two -ı vowels separated by an -n- at the end?
The phrase "animal shelter" is a noun compound: hayvan barınağı. The first -ı is the compound marker. Because the shelter is the specific direct object of the verb "enlarge", we need to add the accusative case suffix. We insert the buffer letter -n-, followed by the accusative -ı, giving us barınağını.
Why did the k in the word barınak change to a ğ here?
The dictionary word for shelter is barınak. When we add the vowel suffix -ı to form the compound hayvan barınağı, the hard consonant k softens to a ğ. This is a standard consonant mutation rule in Turkish that happens when a word ending in k gets a vowel suffix.
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