Breakdown of Senin yüzünden akrabalardan kimler darıldı?
sen
you
akraba
relative
yüzünden
because of (negative cause)
kimler
who (plural) / who all
darılmak
to take offense (and become estranged)
Questions & Answers about Senin yüzünden akrabalardan kimler darıldı?
Why is the plural question word kimler used here instead of just kim?
Using kimler tells the listener that you are expecting a list of names or multiple people in the answer. It translates well to "who all" or "which people." If you just used kim, you wouldn't be specifying whether you expect one person or several.
If kimler is plural, why is the verb darıldı singular instead of darıldılar?
In Turkish, if a plural subject is human, making the verb plural is optional. Because the plurality is already obvious from kimler, speakers often leave the verb in the singular (darıldı) to sound more natural and avoid redundancy. Both kimler darıldı and kimler darıldılar are grammatically correct.
Why does "because of you" translate to senin yüzünden? Couldn't we use için?
While senin için means "for you," senin yüzünden specifically means "because of you" with a negative tone, carrying the implication of "it's your fault." It literally translates to "from your face" (yüz-ü-n-den), which is why it requires the genitive pronoun senin. If it were a positive outcome ("thanks to you"), you would use senin sayende instead.
Why is the "from" suffix (-dan) attached to akrabalar here?
The ablative suffix -dan/-den isn't just used for physical departure ("from"); it's also used to mean "out of" or "among" a specific group. Therefore, akrabalardan kimler means "who among the relatives" or "which ones out of the relatives."
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