Breakdown of Bildiğim kadarıyla, kıyafet kodu hakkında uyarılan taşeron geç kalacak.
bilmek
to know
kadar
as ... as; until, up to
kıyafet
clothes / clothing
uyarmak
to warn
hakkında
about, concerning
geç kalmak
to be late
taşeron
subcontractor
kod
code (e.g., dress code)
Questions & Answers about Bildiğim kadarıyla, kıyafet kodu hakkında uyarılan taşeron geç kalacak.
How does uyarılan work to mean "warned" instead of "warning"?
It breaks down into uyar- (to warn) + -ıl (the passive suffix) + -an (the subject relative participle). Without the passive suffix, uyaran taşeron would mean "the subcontractor who warns". Adding -ıl makes it passive, so uyarılan taşeron becomes "the subcontractor who is/was warned".
Does uyarılan indicate when the warning happened?
The -An participle doesn't have a strict tense on its own; it can refer to the present or the past depending on context. Here, logic and the future tense of the main verb (geç kalacak) tell us the warning has already happened, which is why we translate it as "the subcontractor who was warned".
Can you break down the phrase bildiğim kadarıyla?
This is a very common set phrase meaning "as far as I know". It combines bildiğim (what I know — using the -dik object participle + the 1st person possessive suffix) with kadarıyla (with the extent/amount of). Literally, it translates to "with the extent of what I know". You can swap the verb to make similar phrases, like gördüğüm kadarıyla (as far as I can see).
Why is it kıyafet kodu instead of just kıyafet kod?
This is a standard noun compound. In Turkish, when you combine two nouns to create a single concept (dress + code), the second noun must take the 3rd person possessive suffix. Here, the noun kod takes the suffix -u to become kıyafet kodu.
I've learned to say benim hakkımda (about me). Why doesn't kıyafet kodu take a genitive suffix before hakkında?
The postposition hakkında (about) only requires the genitive case when it is preceded by a personal or demonstrative pronoun (like benim, senin, bunun). When the "about" refers to a regular noun or noun phrase like kıyafet kodu, that noun just stays in its plain, dictionary form.
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