Breakdown of Kirli havayı soluması, akciğer hastalıklarının artmasına yol açtı.
kirli
dirty
hava
weather
artmak
to increase
hastalık
illness, disease
Questions & Answers about Kirli havayı soluması, akciğer hastalıklarının artmasına yol açtı.
Why does artmasına have the dative -a ending?
The verb yol açmak (to lead to) requires its object to be in the dative case. Here, the object is the entire phrase 'lung diseases increasing'. We turn 'increasing' into a noun with the factive suffix -mAsI to get artması, add the buffer -n-, and finally attach the dative -a to connect it to yol açtı.
Why is it hastalıklarının artmasına and not just hastalıklar artmasına?
When you use the factive -mAsI to express 'the doing of something', the logical subject of that action needs to be in the genitive case. It translates structurally as 'the lung diseases' increasing'. So, hastalıklar gets the genitive suffix -ın to link with the possessive -sı on artması.
Can a verbal noun like soluması still take a direct object like a regular verb?
Yes! Even though soluması (his inhaling) functions as a noun acting as the main subject of the sentence, it keeps its verb-like properties inside its own clause. Since he is inhaling a specific thing (the dirty air), hava takes the accusative case -yı to become havayı.
How do we know it means 'his inhaling' when there is no word for 'his' in the Turkish sentence?