Breakdown of Kimse girmesin diye doğumhanenin kapısını kapattılar.
kapı
door
girmek
to enter
kapatmak
to turn off / to close
kimse
no one / anyone
Questions & Answers about Kimse girmesin diye doğumhanenin kapısını kapattılar.
Why do we use the imperative girmesin before diye?
When expressing purpose to mean 'so that', Turkish uses the optative or imperative mood followed by diye. Since the subject of the purpose clause is the third-person kimse, we use the third-person imperative suffix -sin, making girmesin diye mean 'so that nobody enters.'
Why is the verb girmesin negative if the English translation already says 'nobody' enters?
Turkish requires negative concord (double negatives). The pronoun kimse needs a negative verb to mean 'nobody' or 'no one.' Paired with a positive verb, kimse usually means 'anybody' in questions, but in a statement like this, the negative verb is mandatory.
Can you break down the suffixes on the word kapısını?
It starts with the root kapı (door). The -sı is the third-person possessive suffix linking it to the delivery room to form doğumhanenin kapısı. The -n- is a buffer consonant, and the final -ı is the accusative case marker, needed because this specific door is the direct object being closed by kapattılar.
Does the suffix -hane in doğumhanenin show up in other common words?