Questions & Answers about Yoksul ailelere her ay bağış yapardım.
The lesson talks about '-(A/I)rdI' for conditional main clauses, but there is no 'if' in this sentence. Why use yapardım here?
The suffix combination -ardı (Aorist -ar + Past -dı) translates to 'would do' or 'used to do'. While it is the standard ending for the main clause of an unreal conditional (like 'If I were rich, I would donate'), it is also perfectly normal to use it on its own to describe a past habit. In this sentence, it simply means 'I used to make' or 'I would make' as a repeated past action.
Why does the word for families have the -e suffix at the end (ailelere)?
The phrase bağış yapmak means 'to make a donation'. In Turkish, you make a donation to someone or something. The -e suffix at the end of ailelere (families) is the dative case, marking the recipient or direction of the donation.
Since the person donated every month, shouldn't it be plural (bağışlar)?
You could use the plural, but it sounds much more natural in Turkish to keep bağış singular here. When talking about a general category of activity you do routinely, Turkish prefers the bare singular noun. It is very similar to saying 'I used to make a donation every month' in English.
Is bağış related to a specific verb?