Word
Kılık değiştirmelerine rağmen onları fark ettik.
Meaning
Despite them changing their disguises, we noticed them.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Kılık değiştirmelerine rağmen onları fark ettik.
onlar
they
fark etmek
to notice
değiştirmek
to change
rağmen
despite / in spite of
Questions & Answers about Kılık değiştirmelerine rağmen onları fark ettik.
How does the word değiştirmelerine connect to rağmen?
The word rağmen (despite) requires the word before it to take the dative case. We take the verb stem değiştir (to change), add the verbal noun suffix -me to make it an action, add the possessive -leri for their, a buffer -n-, and finally the dative -e to connect with rağmen.
Why do we need the possessive suffix -leri in değiştirmelerine?
In Turkish, when you want to express despite someone doing something, you treat the action as a noun that belongs to that person. So instead of saying despite they change, you express it as despite their changing. This is why the possessive -leri (their) is attached to the verbal noun.
Is kılık değiştirmek a set phrase?
Yes! While kılık broadly translates to appearance, outfit, or attire, the complete phrase kılık değiştirmek is commonly used to mean to disguise oneself or to change one's appearance.
Why is fark ettik two words when some other etmek verbs are written as one?
Compound verbs with etmek are written as two words unless the noun part undergoes a sound change, like a vowel dropping or a consonant doubling. Since fark (difference) does not change its spelling when paired with etmek, they stay separate.