Breakdown of İspanya'da İspanyolca öğrenmek için gramer kitabı gerekliydi.
kitap
book
öğrenmek
to learn
gerekli
necessary
için
for
İspanya
Spain
İspanyolca
Spanish (language)
gramer
grammar
Questions & Answers about İspanya'da İspanyolca öğrenmek için gramer kitabı gerekliydi.
Why do we use öğrenmek için to mean 'to learn'?
In English, 'to' can mean 'in order to' (as in 'I needed a book to learn Spanish'). In Turkish, you cannot just use the infinitive verb öğrenmek by itself to show purpose. You must combine the dictionary form (infinitive) with için (for). So, öğrenmek için literally means 'for to learn' or 'in order to learn'.
Why is it gramer kitabı instead of just gramer kitap?
This is a noun compound. When you link two nouns together to create a single concept, the second noun must take a possessive suffix. Kitap takes the third-person possessive suffix -ı, linking it to gramer to mean 'grammar book'. Also notice that the hard p softens to a b before the vowel suffix.
Let's break down gerekliydi. What is the -y- doing there?
Does İspanya'da always need that apostrophe?
Yes! İspanya (Spain) is a proper noun. In Turkish, whenever you add grammatical case endings like the locative -da (in/at/on) to proper nouns, you are required to separate the word and the suffix with an apostrophe.
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