Learn Turkish: Tüyleri parlak baykuş, kanatlarını açtığı için çok görkemli görünüyor. - The shiny-feathered owl looks very majestic because it opens its wings.

This is a possessive compound adjective. It is formed by taking a noun, adding a 3rd person possessive suffix, and then placing an adjective after it. Here, we have tüy (feather) + -leri (its plural possessive) + parlak (shiny). Literally, it means "its-feathers shiny," but it acts as a single combined adjective modifying baykuş (owl).

Why is there a double "-ı" sound at the end of "kanatlarını"?

The word breaks down as kanat-lar-ı-n-ı. The first -ı is the 3rd person possessive suffix making it "its wings", and the -n- is a buffer letter. The final -ı is the accusative case marker, which is required because the wings are the specific direct object being acted upon by the verb açmak (to open).

Why do we use "açtığı için" instead of "açıyor için" to say "because it opens"?

In Turkish, you cannot put a regular conjugated verb directly before için. Instead, you turn the verb into a noun-like clause using the -dık participle plus a possessive suffix. Aç-tığ-ı acts like "its opening," so açtığı için translates to "for its opening" or "because it opens."

What is the difference between "görüyor" and "görünüyor"?