Breakdown of Pil tasarrufu için ekranı olabildiğince kıs.
olmak
to be
ekran
screen
pil
battery
için
for
tasarruf
savings / economy (thrift)
kısmak
to dim / to turn down
Questions & Answers about Pil tasarrufu için ekranı olabildiğince kıs.
How exactly does olabildiğince break down to mean 'as much as possible'?
It follows the structure from this lesson: the root ol- (to be/happen) + -abil (ability) + -diğ (the -dIk participle) + -i (3rd person possessive) + -nce (adverbial suffix of extent). Literally, it translates to 'to the extent that it is able to be'.
The lesson also teaches using kadar. Could I say olabildiği kadar here?
Doesn't the verb kısmak usually mean 'to turn down'? How does it mean 'dim'?
Kısmak broadly means 'to reduce,' 'to restrict,' or 'to turn down.' Just as you would use it to turn down the volume on a TV (sesi kısmak), you use it to turn down the brightness of a screen (ekranı kısmak), which translates as 'dimming' in English.
Why is it pil tasarrufu and not pilin tasarrufu?
Pil tasarrufu is an indefinite noun compound, meaning the first word (pil) just tells us the type of saving. If you used the genitive case and said pilin tasarrufu, it would mean 'the battery's saving' (as if the battery itself is the one choosing to save something!).
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