Word
Çiti geçerek karanlık kuleye doğru ilerlediler.
Meaning
Passing the fence, they advanced towards the dark tower.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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
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)?