Breakdown of Çökmüş çatıdan dolayı terk edilmiş binaya girmiyoruz.
bina
building
girmek
to enter
çatı
roof
dolayı
due to, because of
çökmek
to collapse
terk edilmek
to be abandoned
Questions & Answers about Çökmüş çatıdan dolayı terk edilmiş binaya girmiyoruz.
In çökmüş çatı, is çökmüş acting as a past tense verb here?
No, it is acting as an adjective! In Turkish, you can attach the -mIş suffix to a verb to turn it into an adjective describing a completed action. Here, çökmek (to collapse) becomes çökmüş (collapsed), describing the noun çatı (roof).
Why does terk edilmiş use edilmiş instead of etmiş?
Why does the word for roof have the -dan ending in çatıdan dolayı?
The word dolayı (because of / due to) always requires the noun before it to be in the ablative case (the -dan or -den ending). So, 'because of the roof' must be çatıdan dolayı.
Why is the building written as binaya instead of just bina or binayı?
The verb girmek (to enter) requires the dative case (the -a or -e direction ending) for the place you are entering. Even though in English we use a direct object and say 'enter the building', in Turkish you literally say 'enter to the building' (binaya girmiyoruz).
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