Breakdown of Paketi göndermek için postaneye gittim.
gitmek
to go
göndermek
to send
için
for
postane
post office
paket
package, parcel
Questions & Answers about Paketi göndermek için postaneye gittim.
How does göndermek için translate to 'to send'?
In English, we often just use 'to' to show purpose (like 'I went to send'). In Turkish, you form a purpose clause by taking the full infinitive form of the verb, like göndermek (to send), and adding için (for/in order to). Together, göndermek için means 'in order to send'.
Why is it paketi and not just paket?
Because you are sending a specific package ('the' package), it needs the definite accusative case. We add the -i vowel to paket to show it is the direct object receiving the action of the verb göndermek.
What is the -ye doing at the end of postaneye?
Postane means 'post office'. Since you are moving towards it, you need the dative case ending -e to mean 'to the post office'. Because postane ends in a vowel, we insert the buffer letter -y- to keep the two vowels apart, making it postaneye.
Why does gittim use -tim instead of the usual past tense -dim?
This is because of consonant harmony. The verb root git (to go) ends in a hard consonant (t). When a suffix starts with d (like the past tense -di), it must harden to t to match the root. So, git + di + m (I) becomes gittim.
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