Anlatarak

Anlatarak is a Turkish adverbial participle form derived from the verb anlatmak, meaning to tell or to explain. It expresses the manner or means by which an action is carried out, roughly translating to “by telling” or “narratively.” The form is used to indicate that something is done through narration or explanation.

Form and function: Anlatarak is created by adding the adverbial participle suffix -arak to the verbal stem, yielding anlat- plus -arak, with normal Turkish vowel harmony. The result is a non-finite construction that shows the method of the main action. It is commonly used to connect a subordinate sense of narration or explanation to the main clause.

Usage: In Turkish, anlatarak is used to foreground how information is conveyed, often in literary or descriptive contexts as well as in everyday speech. It can introduce the means by which something is achieved, similar to English “by telling” or “by narrating,” and it can accompany objects or topics being narrated.

Examples:

- Olayı anlatarak dinleyicileri ikna etti. (He convinced the listeners by narrating the events.)

- Kavramı anlatarak açıklamaya çalıştı. (He tried to explain the concept by narrating it.)

See also: Turkish grammar, adverbial participles, gerunds, -arak/-erek forms.