Word
Lodosun çıkmasıyla halatlar gerildi.
Meaning
With the southwest wind picking up, the ropes stretched.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Lodosun çıkmasıyla halatlar gerildi.
çıkmak
to go out / to leave / to exit / to break out / to arise (of a storm)
ile
with / by / and (linking nouns)
halat
rope
lodos
southwest wind
Questions & Answers about Lodosun çıkmasıyla halatlar gerildi.
How does çıkmasıyla express both time and cause here?
It uses the verbal noun suffix -ma combined with the 3rd-person possessive -sı and the instrumental ending -(y)la (meaning 'with'). This structure, -masıyla, elegantly translates to 'with the picking up of' or 'upon the picking up of', linking both when the action happened and why it happened in a single phrase.
Why does Lodos take the genitive ending -un?
Because it acts as the subject of the verbal noun çıkması. In Turkish, this creates a possessive construction that literally translates to 'with the southwest wind's picking up'. Whenever you use this -masıyla structure with a specific subject, that subject needs the genitive case.
Why is the verb çıkmak used for a wind?
While çıkmak usually means 'to exit' or 'to go up', it is the standard verb in Turkish for a wind, storm, or even a fire starting or breaking out. You will frequently hear phrases like fırtına çıktı (a storm broke out) or rüzgar çıktı (the wind picked up).
The English translation says 'the ropes stretched,' but isn't gerildi a passive verb?