Breakdown of Piyasada kazandığım, zararı kapatacak.
kapatmak
to turn off / to close
kazanmak
to earn / to win
zarar
loss
piyasa
market (financial/commercial)
Questions & Answers about Piyasada kazandığım, zararı kapatacak.
How does kazandığım mean "what I earned" without a word for "what" or "thing"?
kazandığım is a "headless" relative clause. Normally, you use the -dık suffix to describe a noun, like kazandığım para (the money that I earned). When the noun is obvious from context, you can simply drop it. The verb phrase then acts as a noun itself (this is called substantivization), translating to "the thing that I earned" or "what I earned".
Why is there a comma after kazandığım?
In Turkish, a comma is frequently used right after the subject of a sentence to separate it from the object and verb. This is especially helpful when the subject is a dropped-noun clause like kazandığım (what I earned), making it instantly clear what is performing the action.
Why does zararı have an -ı at the end?
The verb kapatacak (will cover) needs a direct object. Because the sentence is talking about a specific, known loss ("the loss") rather than just any general loss, zarar takes the definite accusative case suffix -ı, becoming zararı.
I thought kapatmak meant "to close". Can it also mean "to cover"?
Yes! While its literal meaning is "to close" (like a door or a box), kapatmak is commonly used in financial and everyday contexts to mean "covering" a loss, paying off a debt, or closing a financial deficit.
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