Breakdown of Onlar çıkarılır mercekleri temizlemiyor.
onlar
they
temizlemek
to clean
çıkarılmak
to be removed
mercek
lens
Questions & Answers about Onlar çıkarılır mercekleri temizlemiyor.
How do we get the word çıkarılır ("removable") from the verb çıkmak ("to go out")?
It is built step-by-step using suffixes! Start with çıkmak (to go out). Add the causative suffix -ar to get çıkarmak (to take out / to remove). Then add the passive suffix -ıl to get çıkarılmak (to be removed). Finally, add the aorist participle suffix -ır to create the adjective çıkarılır (that which is removed, or "removable").
Could I use çıkarılabilir instead of çıkarılır for "removable"?
Yes, and they are often used interchangeably! Çıkarılabilir uses the ability suffix (-ebil) and literally means "able to be removed". Çıkarılır uses the aorist participle to describe a general, built-in characteristic: lenses "that are removed". In product descriptions, you will often see both used to mean "removable" or "detachable".
Does çıkarılır need a plural ending because it's describing the plural mercekleri?
No, Turkish adjectives never change to match the number or case of the noun they describe. The adjective stays exactly as çıkarılır, even though mercekleri (the lenses) is plural and takes a case ending.
Why does mercekleri end with an -i?
The -i is the specific direct object (accusative) case suffix. Because the lenses are a specific, defined object receiving the action of the verb (they are not cleaning the removable lenses, rather than just "lenses" in general), the noun mercek (lens) gets the plural -ler and then the accusative -i.
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