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Bazı zorluklara rağmen, sürdürülebilirlik açısından bu projeyi destekliyoruz.
Meaning
Despite some difficulties, we support this project in terms of sustainability.
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Breakdown of Bazı zorluklara rağmen, sürdürülebilirlik açısından bu projeyi destekliyoruz.
bu
this
proje
project
desteklemek
to support
zorluk
difficulty
Questions & Answers about Bazı zorluklara rağmen, sürdürülebilirlik açısından bu projeyi destekliyoruz.
How is "açısından" formed here, and could I use "bakımından" instead?
Açısından comes from the noun açı (angle or perspective). It forms a noun compound with the preceding word (sürdürülebilirlik açısı - the angle of sustainability). Then, it takes the ablative case -dan (with a buffer -n-) to literally mean "from the angle of." And yes, you could absolutely use bakımından here; it is perfectly synonymous in this context.
"Sürdürülebilirlik" is a huge word! How exactly does it break down?
It is a great example of Turkish suffixes stacking up! The root is sür- (to continue/last). To this we add -dür (causative: to make last), -ül (passive: to be sustained), -ebil (ability: can be sustained), -ir (makes it an adjective: sustainable), and finally -lik (turns the adjective into a noun: sustainability).
Why is the dative case used in "zorluklara"?
This is a quick reminder for an earlier rule: the postposition rağmen (despite / in spite of) always requires the word before it to be in the dative case (-e/-a). Since zorluklar (difficulties) ends with a back vowel, it takes the -a suffix to become zorluklara.
The dictionary form of the verb is "desteklemek". Why does it become "destekliyoruz" instead of "destekleyoruz"?