İş yükü azalmadıkça iş tatminim artmayacak.

Unless the workload decreases, my job satisfaction will not increase.

Breakdown of İş yükü azalmadıkça iş tatminim artmayacak.

• artmak: to increase
• -madıkça: unless
• iş yükü: workload
• iş tatmini: job satisfaction

Questions & Answers about İş yükü azalmadıkça iş tatminim artmayacak.

What does azalmadıkça mean, and how is it built?

Azalmadıkça comes from:

• azal- = to decrease
• -ma- = negation
• -dıkça = a suffix meaning things like as long as, while, or in the negative form often unless / until

So:

• azaldıkça = as it decreases / the more it decreases
• azalmadıkça = unless it decreases or as long as it does not decrease

In this sentence, azalmadıkça is best understood as unless it decreases.

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Why is it negative in Turkish if the English meaning is unless?

This is a very common point of confusion.

In Turkish, negative verb + -dıkça often gives the meaning unless.

So:

• gelmedikçe = unless he/she comes
• bitmedikçe = unless it ends
• azalmadıkça = unless it decreases

This is different from English, where unless is a separate word. Turkish often builds that idea directly into the verb form.

So the logic is roughly:

• azalmadıkça = while it has not decreased / if it does not decrease
• in natural English: unless it decreases

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