Breakdown of Çiti geçerek karanlık kuleye doğru ilerlediler.
karanlık
dark
geçmek
to pass / to cross / to shift (into a gear)
ilerlemek
to advance
doğru
towards
kule
tower
çit
fence
Questions & Answers about Çiti geçerek karanlık kuleye doğru ilerlediler.
Why do we say kuleye doğru instead of just kule doğru?
The postposition doğru meaning "towards" always requires the dative case (to/for) on the preceding noun. Kule (tower) ends in a vowel, so it takes the buffer letter -y- and the dative suffix -e to become kuleye.
What is the function of the -erek ending on geçerek?
The -arak / -erek suffix attaches to a verb to show how an action was done, usually translating to "by doing" or "while doing" in English. Here, adding it to geçmek (to pass) creates geçerek (passing / by passing), explaining how they advanced.
Why is there an -i at the end of çiti?
Çit (fence) is the specific direct object of the verb geçmek (to pass), so it needs the accusative case suffix. Because they are passing a specific fence ("the fence"), çit takes the -i ending to become çiti.
İlerlediler means "they advanced". Is this related to the word ileri (forward)?
Exactly! It is built from the word ileri (forward). When the verb-forming suffix -le is added, the final vowel drops, creating the verb ilerlemek (to move forward / to advance). Adding the past tense -di and the plural -ler gives us ilerlediler (they advanced).
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