Breakdown of Dosyaları şifrelemediler, bu yüzden büyük bir sızıntı oldu.
bir
a / an
büyük
big
dosya
file
bu yüzden
that's why / therefore
olmak
to happen / to occur (general; also to be/become)
şifrelemek
to encrypt
sızıntı
leak
Questions & Answers about Dosyaları şifrelemediler, bu yüzden büyük bir sızıntı oldu.
This lesson is about 'aksi takdirde', but this sentence uses 'bu yüzden' (therefore). How could we express a similar idea using 'aksi takdirde'?
To use aksi takdirde (otherwise), you would state what should have happened first, followed by the negative consequence of not doing it. For example: Dosyaları şifrelemeliydiler, aksi takdirde büyük bir sızıntı olacaktı. (They should have encrypted the files, otherwise a big leak would happen.)
Break down the word 'şifrelemediler' for me. How does a word for 'password' become 'they did not encrypt'?
It starts with the noun şifre (code/password). The suffix -le makes it a verb, şifrelemek (to encode/encrypt). Then we add the negative marker -me, the definite past tense -di, and the plural marker -ler to get şifrelemediler (they did not encrypt).
Is there a specific rule for the word order in 'büyük bir sızıntı'? Why isn't it 'bir büyük sızıntı'?
How is the noun 'sızıntı' (leak) formed?
It derives from the verb sızmak (to leak, to seep). The suffix -ıntı (which follows vowel harmony as -inti / -untu / -üntü) attaches to verb stems to create a noun representing the physical result of that action. Another common example is akmak (to flow) becoming akıntı (current/flow).
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