Breakdown of Dükkânı bir yıllığına devralmak yerine satın al!
bir
a / an
yıl
year
yerine
instead of
dükkân
shop
Questions & Answers about Dükkânı bir yıllığına devralmak yerine satın al!
Can you break down the suffixes in yıllığına?
This highlights the structure for an intended temporary duration! We start with the time noun yıl (year) and add -lık (which softens to -lığ). Then we add the 3rd person possessive -ı, the buffer consonant -n-, and the dative suffix -a. Together, bir yıllığına means "for [the intended duration of] one year."
Why is devralmak in its plain dictionary form before yerine?
When you want to say "instead of doing [action]", you simply place the standard infinitive form of the verb (ending in -mAk) directly before yerine. You don't need to add any special case endings or possessive suffixes to the verb.
How is the compound verb devralmak formed?
It is created by combining the noun devir (transfer/handover) with the verb almak (to take). When these two fuse together, the second vowel in devir drops out (vowel omission), turning it into devralmak (to take over).
Since there are two verbs in this sentence (devralmak and satın almak), which one is dükkânı the object of?