Breakdown of Yolculuğumuz başladığından beri enerjim hiç azalmadı.
Questions & Answers about Yolculuğumuz başladığından beri enerjim hiç azalmadı.
-dığı is a verbal nominalizer that turns a verb into a noun clause (“the fact that it started”). Adding the ablative -ndan gives “from that fact,” and beri means “since.” So:
• Yolculuğumuz = “our journey”
• başladığından = “from the fact that (it) started”
• beri = “since”
Altogether: “Since our journey started…”
Breakdown:
- başla- (verb stem “to start”)
- -dı (third-person past tense → başladı, “it started”)
- -ğı (nominalizer “the fact that it started” → başladığı)
- -n (buffer consonant for ablative)
- -dan (ablative “from”)
→ başladığından “from the fact that it started”
-umuz is the first-person plural possessive suffix.
• yolculuk = “journey”
• yolculuğumuz = “our journey”
Note the consonant softening: k → ğ before -umuz to ease pronunciation.
hiç means “at all” or “ever” in negative sentences. It intensifies the negation:
• enerjim azalmadı = “my energy didn’t decrease”
• enerjim hiç azalmadı = “my energy didn’t decrease at all”
Position: typically right before the verb in negative clauses.
azalmak = “to decrease” (intransitive)
Formation of azalmadı:
- azal- (stem)
- -ma (negative)
- -dı (simple past tense)
→ azalmadı = “(it) didn’t decrease”
Here it conveys that from the journey’s start until now, there has been no decrease.
Since azalmak is intransitive (no direct object
), its “decrementing” thing is its subject.
• enerji = “energy”
• enerjim = “my energy” (possessive + subject in nominative)
No extra case marking is needed beyond the possessive suffix.
Yes, Yolculuğumuzdan beri enerjim hiç azalmadı also means “My energy hasn’t decreased at all since our journey.” The difference is subtle:
• Yolculuğumuzdan beri = “since our journey (began/implied)”
• Yolculuğumuz başladığından beri = explicitly “since our journey started”
Both are correct; the latter highlights the exact starting moment.
• azalmadı (past-neg) = “has not decreased” (from past up to now)
• azalmıyor (present continuous negative) = “is not decreasing” (focus on ongoing non-decrease)
Using azalmıyor shifts attention to the current state, whereas azalmadı emphasizes the entire span from the journey’s start to the present.