Breakdown of Fırından taze börek aldık.
almak
to take, to buy
taze
fresh
fırın
bakery / oven
börek
börek (filled pastry)
Questions & Answers about Fırından taze börek aldık.
Why does fırın have the -dan ending here?
The ending -dan means from. With the verb almak (to buy or take), Turkish uses the from ending to show the place you got the item. So fırından means from the bakery.
I learned that fırın means oven. Does it also mean bakery?
Yes! In Turkish, fırın is used for both the kitchen appliance (an oven) and the shop where baked goods are made (a bakery).
Why is it just börek and not böreği with an accusative ending?
We only add the accusative ending to point out a specific object, which would translate to the fresh börek. Because we just bought some general fresh börek, the word stays in its plain dictionary form.
How does aldık translate to we bought?
The subject is hidden inside the verb. The root is al (buy or take), the -dı shows it happened in the past, and the final -k is the personal ending for we (biz).