Word
Satışlarda artış olmadığından dolayı şirket para kaybetti.
Meaning
The company lost money because there was no increase in sales.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Satışlarda artış olmadığından dolayı şirket para kaybetti.
para
money
olmak
to be
şirket
company
kaybetmek
to lose
Questions & Answers about Satışlarda artış olmadığından dolayı şirket para kaybetti.
How do the suffixes in olmadığından create the meaning 'because there was no'?
Let's break it down: ol (be/happen) + ma (negative) + dığ (the -dık suffix for facts) + ı (3rd person possessive) + n (buffer) + dan (ablative case, meaning 'from' or 'because of'). Literally, it translates to 'due to its not happening.'
Is the word dolayı required to say 'because' here?
No, it is optional. The ablative suffix (-dan) at the end of olmadığından already carries the meaning of 'because of' or 'due to.' Adding dolayı just adds emphasis, much like saying 'due to the fact that' in English.
Why is there an -ı possessive suffix in olmadığından? What 'owns' it?
In Turkish, clauses formed with -dık act like nouns and require a possessive suffix to indicate the subject of that sub-clause. Here, the subject is the general situation (the lack of an increase), so it takes the 3rd-person singular possessive -ı.
Why does 'in sales' use the plural locative satışlarda instead of just satışta?
When talking about a company's general commercial performance, Turkish uses the plural satışlar (sales) just like English does. The locative -da translates to 'in,' giving us 'in sales.'