Breakdown of Kendi arabanı modifiye etmek insana büyük bir gurur verir.
bir
a / an
araba
car
büyük
big
insan
person
Questions & Answers about Kendi arabanı modifiye etmek insana büyük bir gurur verir.
Why does the sentence use the "your" possessive suffix in arabanı when it translates to a general "gives one great pride"?
The target structure is kendi + Noun + possessive suffix. Here, araba-n means "your car", and adding kendi makes it emphatically "your own car". In Turkish, just like the generic "you" in English, the 2nd person singular is frequently used to make general statements that apply to anyone. It's perfectly natural for it to share a sentence with insana ("to a person/to one").
Why does arabanı have the -ı suffix at the end?
That is the accusative case suffix. Kendi arabanı (your own car) is the direct object of the verb modifiye etmek (to modify). Because the noun has a possessive suffix (-n), it is considered a specific direct object, which always requires the accusative ending (here, -ı).
If arabanı is the object, what is the subject of the main verb verir?
The entire infinitive phrase Kendi arabanı modifiye etmek (Modifying your own car) acts as the subject of the sentence. It is the action that gives (verir) great pride.
Why is the word order büyük bir gurur instead of bir büyük gurur?