Breakdown of Karanlık sokağa kılık değiştirip girdi.
sokak
street
girmek
to enter
karanlık
dark
değiştirmek
to change
Questions & Answers about Karanlık sokağa kılık değiştirip girdi.
What does the -ip suffix on değiştirip do here?
The -ip suffix connects two actions performed by the same subject in sequence, meaning "and" or "and then." Instead of saying kılık değiştirdi ve girdi (he disguised himself and entered), you attach -ip to the first verb. It automatically borrows the past tense and "he" subject from the final verb, girdi.
Why does sokak change to sokağa?
The verb girmek (to enter) requires the dative case suffix -(y)a / -(y)e to indicate the destination you are entering. When you add the -a suffix to sokak (street), the hard final consonant k softens into a ğ, making it sokağa.
Does kılık değiştirmek literally mean "to change disguise"?
It literally means "to change appearance" or "to change guise," since kılık refers to a person's outfit, appearance, or getup. In Turkish, this is the standard, everyday phrase for "to disguise oneself."
How would I apply this lesson's grammar to say "Despite disguising himself, he entered the dark street"?