Learn Hardcore Turkish: Makarna taze sebze ile pişirildikçe daha da lezzetli oluyor. - Pasta gets even more delicious as it is cooked with fresh vegetables.

The suffix -dikçe attaches to a verb to express a “the more… the more…” or progressive temporal relationship. Here, pişirildikçe literally means “as it is cooked” or “the more it’s cooked”, indicating that increased cooking leads to increased deliciousness.

Why is pişirildikçe in the passive voice rather than active?

The passive voice (formed with -il-/-in-) is used because the sentence focuses on what happens to the pasta, not who cooks it.
• Verb stem: pişir- (“to cook”)
• Passive: pişiril- (“to be cooked”)
• Plus -dikçe → pişirildikçe

What is the role of daha da before lezzetli?

daha means “more,” and the added da intensifies it to “even more.”
• daha lezzetli = “more delicious”
• daha da lezzetli = “even more delicious,” emphasizing the increase

Why is taze sebze ile not marked with any extra case ending?

When you use the postposition ile (“with”) separately, the noun it follows stays in the bare form (no additional suffix). If you wanted a suffix version, you’d say taze sebzeyle (noun + buffer -y- + -le).

What tense or aspect is oluyor expressing?

oluyor is the present continuous form of olmak (“to become”). It indicates an ongoing or general process: “it becomes” or “it’s getting.”

Can we replace pişirildikçe with pişince or pişirince?

You could say pişince (“when it’s cooked”) or pişirince (“when you cook it”), but those don’t carry the “the more… the more…” sense. They simply mean “once it’s cooked.” Only -dikçe creates that progressive correlation.

Is there a difference between taze sebze ile and taze sebzelerle?

Both mean “with fresh vegetables.”
• taze sebze ile uses a singular noun + postposition
• taze sebzelerle explicitly pluralizes with -ler + suffix -le
The nuance is minimal; the plural form highlights multiple vegetables, but either is correct.

Why is makarna placed at the beginning of the sentence?

Turkish typically follows a Subject-Object-Verb order, but word order is flexible for emphasis or topic. Placing makarna first establishes it as the topic (the thing we’re talking about), followed by how it changes when cooked.

Could we drop the da and just say daha lezzetli oluyor?

Yes, daha lezzetli oluyor is grammatically fine and means “it becomes more delicious.” Adding da (daha da lezzetli) simply strengthens the sense to “even more delicious.”

Why is the suffix in pişirildikçe spelled -dikçe instead of -dıkça?

This is due to Turkish vowel harmony. The last vowel of the stem (pişiril- has “i”) is a front vowel, so the suffix vowel matches as “i”, giving -dikçe rather than -dıkça.