Breakdown of Kendi jantlarının somunlarını gevşetmeden önce krikoyu mutlaka kontrol etmelisin.
önce
before / first / firstly
kontrol etmek
to check
kendi
self
mutlaka
certainly, without fail
gevşetmek
to loosen / to relax (something)
jant
rim
kriko
jack
somun
nut (hardware)
Questions & Answers about Kendi jantlarının somunlarını gevşetmeden önce krikoyu mutlaka kontrol etmelisin.
How does kendi work in the phrase kendi jantlarının?
Because the main verb etmelisin is in the 'you' form, kendi translates to 'your own'. It emphasizes the noun that follows it, which must take the matching possessive suffix. Here, that is jantların (your rims), which then takes the genitive suffix -ın to connect to the nuts.
Can you break down the suffixes in jantlarının somunlarını?
This is a definite noun compound linking the rims to the nuts. jant-lar-ın-ın consists of rim + plural + your (possessive) + of (genitive). somun-lar-ı-nı consists of nut + plural + its/their (possessive) + buffer -n- + accusative -ı. The accusative case is required because the nuts are the direct object of the action gevşetmek (to loosen).
Could I drop kendi from this sentence?
Yes, you can drop it. The phrase jantlarının somunlarını already contains the second-person possessive suffix -ın (your), so the basic meaning of 'your rims' is perfectly clear without it. Adding kendi simply acts as an emphatic modifier, highlighting that you are working on your own rims.
Why does gevşetmeden end with the ablative suffix -den?
It is part of the fixed time-clause structure -meden önce which means 'before doing'. While it historically comes from the negative suffix plus the ablative case, as a B2 learner you can just treat -meden önce as a single grammatical block. Here, it attaches to the verb root gevşet- to mean 'before loosening'.
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