Breakdown of Bizi yönlendiren liderin sayesinde odadan çıktık.
biz
we
oda
room
çıkmak
to go out / to leave / to exit / to break out / to arise (of a storm)
lider
leader
Questions & Answers about Bizi yönlendiren liderin sayesinde odadan çıktık.
Why does lider have the genitive -in ending here?
This is because of sayesinde (thanks to). In Turkish, this functions like a noun compound literally meaning "in the shadow of" or "in the favor of". To say "thanks to the leader" you are literally saying "in the favor of the leader," so lider needs the genitive case ending -in, forming liderin sayesinde.
What is the role of the -en suffix on yönlendiren?
The -en (or -an) suffix is a subject participle that turns a verb into an adjective describing the person doing the action. Here, it attaches to yönlendirmek (to direct or guide) to mean "who guides" or "who guided". It modifies lider, giving us "the leader who guided".
There is no past tense marker on yönlendiren. How do we know it means "who guided" instead of "who guides"?
The -en/-an participle does not show tense on its own. You figure out the time frame by looking at the main verb at the end of the sentence. Since çıktık (we got out) is in the past tense, we naturally understand from context that the guiding also took place in the past.
Why is it bizi instead of just biz or bize before the participle?