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Ben soğuk su içmeye alışıyorum.

Ben soğuk su içmeye alışıyorum.
I am getting used to drinking cold water.
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Breakdown of Ben soğuk su içmeye alışıyorum.

su
the water
soğuk
cold
içmek
to drink
ben
I
-ye
to
alışmak
to get used to

Questions & Answers about Ben soğuk su içmeye alışıyorum.

Why is içmek changed to içmeye here?
The verb alışmak (“to get used to”) requires its object in the dative case. When that object is another verb (“to drink”), you turn it into a noun phrase by using the infinitive -mek/-mak plus the dative -e/-a. So içmek (to drink) becomes içmeye (to/for drinking), and soğuk su içmeye acts as the dative object of alışıyorum.
Why isn’t there an accusative –u on su (e.g., soğuk suyu)?
In soğuk su içmeye, “cold water drinking” is a single noun-phrase object of alışıyorum, not a direct object of içmek in that clause. Inside that infinitive phrase, su remains unmarked (indefinite), so there’s no accusative -u.
What does alışıyorum mean, and how is it formed?

Alışıyorum means “I am getting used to...” It breaks down as: • alış (root “get used”)
• -ıyor (present‐progressive)
• -um (1st-person singular)
Together: alış-ıyor-um.

Why use the present progressive alışıyorum instead of the simple past alıştım?

• Alışıyorum describes an ongoing process—“I’m in the process of getting used to drinking cold water.”
• Alıştım is simple past—“I’ve already gotten used to it.”
Use alışıyorum if you’re still adapting; use alıştım once you’re fully accustomed.

Is Ben necessary here, or can it be dropped?
You can drop it. Turkish verbs carry person/number information on their endings, so Soğuk su içmeye alışıyorum is natural. Adding Ben simply adds emphasis or clarity (“As for me…”).
Can I use alışkınım instead of alışıyorum?

Yes. Alışkınım uses the adjective alışkın (“accustomed”) + -ım (1st-person).
• Ben soğuk su içmeye alışkınım means “I am (already) used to drinking cold water.”
This states a current condition rather than emphasizing the ongoing process.

Why is the word order Ben soğuk su içmeye alışıyorum? Could it change?
The default order is Subject–Object–Verb (SOV). You normally end with the main verb (alışıyorum). You can rearrange elements for emphasis (e.g., Soğuk su içmeye ben alışıyorum to contrast “me” with someone else), but standard is SOV.
How do vowel‐harmony and consonant rules work in içmeye?
  1. The infinitive suffix is -mek/-mak. Since iç has a front vowel (i), you pick -mek → içmek.
  2. To make it dative, add -e (front-vowel dative) → içmek + e = içmeye.
    No buffer consonant is needed because k is a consonant ending the stem.

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