Breakdown of Tasarımda yakutlardan ve safirlerden kullanmak istiyorum.
ve
and
istemek
to want / to require / to call for
kullanmak
to use
tasarım
design
yakut
ruby
safir
sapphire
Questions & Answers about Tasarımda yakutlardan ve safirlerden kullanmak istiyorum.
Why are we using the ablative case (-dan and -den) on the jewels instead of the accusative case?
This is the partitive use of the ablative case, which is the focus of this lesson! By saying yakutlardan (from the rubies), you indicate that you want to use some of a specific group of rubies. If you used the accusative case (yakutları), it would mean you want to use all of those specific rubies.
What if I just said yakut ve safir kullanmak istiyorum without any suffixes?
That would mean you want to use ruby and sapphire in a general, uncountable sense, as a material. Adding the plural and ablative suffixes (yakutlardan ve safirlerden) shows you are selecting a few individual stones from a specific collection you already have in mind.
Are the plural suffixes (-lar and -ler) required here for the 'some of' meaning to work?
Why does the sentence use the locative suffix in tasarımda (in the design) instead of saying 'for the design'?
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