Breakdown of Borsaya gireli aldıklarımı zararına sattım.
almak
to take, to buy
satmak
to sell
girmek
to enter
borsa
stock market
zarar
loss
Questions & Answers about Borsaya gireli aldıklarımı zararına sattım.
How does aldıklarımı mean "what I bought" without a word for "things" or "shares"?
This is the headless use of the -dık participle from your current lesson. It is built from al- (buy) + -dık (participle) + -lar (plural) + -ım (my) + -ı (accusative). Because the noun is obvious from context, Turkish simply drops it and attaches the plural, possessive, and case endings directly to the participle. It acts as a noun meaning "the things I bought".
What is the grammatical function of the final -ı on aldıklarımı?
It is the accusative case marker. The core word is aldıklarım (the things I bought). You add the specific direct object marker -ı to the end because these things are receiving the action of the verb sattım (I sold).
I don't see a standalone word for "since". How does gireli mean "since I entered"?
The suffix -(y)AlI means "since doing" the action of the verb. Attached to gir- (enter), gireli means "since entering". Notice that it does not take a personal ending like "I"; the person performing the action is understood from the main verb sattım.
Why does zararına use the dative case to mean "at a loss"?
Zararına is a fixed expression. It is formed from zarar (loss) + -ı (possessive) + -n- (buffer) + -a (dative case). While English uses the preposition "at", Turkish uses the dative to literally mean "to its loss". You will also see this exact same pattern in its opposite: kârına (at a profit).
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