Learn Hardcore Turkish: Proje ilerledikçe deneyimimizden çıkan sonuçlar daha berrak hale geliyor. - As the project progresses, the outcomes derived from our experience become clearer.

-dikçe is a conjunction-forming suffix that attaches to verbs to mean “as…, the more…”, expressing a proportional or temporal relationship. So Proje ilerledikçe… can be rendered “As the project progresses…” or “The more the project progresses…”.

Is the -di- in ilerledikçe the past-tense marker?

No. In -dikçe, the sequence -di- is part of the single suffix -dikçe, not the past-tense -di. This suffix does not carry past‐tense meaning; it simply creates the “as… / the more…” clause.

Why is deneyimimizden in the ablative case (-den)?

The ablative suffix -den marks source or origin. Here we have:
• deneyim (“experience”)
• -imiz (our, 1st person plural possessive)
• -den (from)
Together deneyimimizden means “from our experience.”

What is the function of çıkan in deneyimimizden çıkan sonuçlar?

çıkan is a verbal adjective (participle) from çıkmak (“to come out/appear”). It modifies sonuçlar (“results”), yielding “results that emerge” or “the results coming out of…”. So deneyimimizden çıkan sonuçlar = “the results emerging from our experience.”

Why does daha berrak hale geliyor use hale gelmek instead of just olmak?

hale gelmek literally means “to come into a state” (hale = state/condition + gelmek = to come). Thus daha berrak hale geliyor = “is coming into a clearer state,” i.e. “is becoming clearer.” You could say daha berrak oluyor (“becomes clearer”), but hale gelmek emphasizes the process of change.

Could we use the verb berraklaşmak instead of daha berrak hale gelmek?

Yes. berraklaşmak means “to become clear.” A concise rephrase is:
Proje ilerledikçe deneyimimizden çıkan sonuçlar giderek berraklaşıyor.
Here giderek (“increasingly”) stresses the ongoing change.

Why doesn’t geliyor show a plural suffix even though sonuçlar is plural?

In Turkish, the 3rd-person plural verb ending -lar/-ler is optional when the subject is already clear. So instead of geliyorlar, you can say geliyor. Both are correct, but dropping -lar is very common in neutral statements.

Can we replace Proje ilerledikçe with Proje ilerlerken?

You can say ilerlerken (“while it progresses”), but the nuance differs:
– ilerledikçe = “as the project progresses (more and more),” highlighting a proportional link (“the more …, the more …”).
– ilerlerken = “while the project is progressing,” simply stating simultaneity without the comparative sense. So use ilerledikçe to stress that clarity increases along with progress.