Breakdown of Sis artınca yol daha da tehlikeli oluyor.
olmak
to be
yol
the road
tehlikeli
dangerous
daha da
even more
Questions & Answers about Sis artınca yol daha da tehlikeli oluyor.
What does -ınca in artınca indicate?
The suffix -ınca attaches to the verb stem to form a time clause meaning “when” or “once.” Here the verb is art- (“to increase”), so artınca = “when it increases” or “once it increases.” It functions like the English “when fog increases.”
Why is it -ınca and not -ince, -unca, or -ünce?
This is vowel harmony at work. The suffix vowel matches the last vowel of the stem in front/back and rounded/unrounded quality. Art- has an a (back, unrounded), so you use -ınca. If the stem ended in e, you’d use -ince; for o/ö, you’d use -unca/ünce, and so on.
Could we use sis arttıkça or sis arttığında instead of sis artınca? What’s the difference?
Yes.
- -tıkça (“arttıkça”) gives a proportional nuance: “the more the fog increases, the more….”
- -dığında (“arttığında”) is a neutral “when/once.”
- -ınca is a simple “once/when” without extra emphasis.
All three are correct; you choose based on the nuance you want.
What is the function of daha da? Can I just say daha tehlikeli?