Breakdown of Maliyet arttığından ve sermaye yetersiz olduğundan dolayı işletme iflas etti.
ve
and
olmak
to be
artmak
to increase
dolayı
due to, because of
işletme
business / enterprise
iflas etmek
to go bankrupt
sermaye
capital (financial)
yetersiz
insufficient / inadequate
maliyet
cost
Questions & Answers about Maliyet arttığından ve sermaye yetersiz olduğundan dolayı işletme iflas etti.
How do arttığından and olduğundan create the meaning of 'because'?
They use the causal structure: verb stem + -dığı (participle with possessive) + -ndan (ablative case). arttığından literally means 'from its increasing,' and olduğundan means 'from its being.' This form is used to express 'because [subject] [verb]ed.'
Is the word dolayı strictly necessary at the end of the causal clauses?
No, it is optional. The ablative suffix (-ndan) on the verbs already carries the meaning of 'because of' or 'from.' Adding dolayı just emphasizes the cause, similar to saying 'due to the fact that.'
Does dolayı apply to both reasons given in the sentence?
Yes. Because the two verb forms are joined by ve (and), the postposition dolayı at the end applies to both arttığından and olduğundan. You don't need to repeat it after the first reason.
Why do we need the verb olduğundan after yetersiz?
Why isn't it maliyetin arttığından, with a genitive suffix on maliyet?
Strictly speaking, the subject of these -dık clauses usually takes the genitive case (like maliyetin). However, in everyday Turkish, the genitive suffix is often dropped to make the sentence flow faster, especially when the subject is a non-specific noun or an abstract concept like 'cost' or 'capital.'
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