Word
Sistemi geliştirmek amacıyla altyapı değiştirilmiştir.
Meaning
The infrastructure has been changed with the aim of improving the system.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Sistemi geliştirmek amacıyla altyapı değiştirilmiştir.
geliştirmek
to improve
değiştirmek
to change
sistem
system
altyapı
infrastructure
Questions & Answers about Sistemi geliştirmek amacıyla altyapı değiştirilmiştir.
Why do we use the infinitive geliştirmek before amacıyla instead of the verbal noun geliştirmesi?
We use the dictionary infinitive (-mAk) because the unspoken agent of both actions is the same. The people changing the infrastructure are the exact same people aiming to improve the system. If someone changed the infrastructure so that someone else could improve the system, we would have to use a verbal noun like geliştirmesi amacıyla.
How is the word amacıyla built from the root amaç?
It combines three elements. First, the root amaç (aim/purpose). Second, the third-person possessive suffix -ı, which acts as a linker and softens the ç to c (amacı = its aim). Finally, the instrumental suffix -(y)la (with) is added, literally meaning 'with the aim of'.
Why does sistem take the accusative case (sistemi) if it is followed by an infinitive instead of a conjugated verb?
Even when a verb is turned into an infinitive like geliştirmek, it keeps its internal verb-like grammar. Since 'the system' is the specific, definite direct object being improved, it still requires the accusative -i suffix, just as it would in a normal sentence.
What is the function of the final -tir on değiştirilmiştir? Doesn't -miş usually mean hearsay?