Açlık arttıkça yemek daha lezzetli oluyor.
The hungrier you get, the more delicious the food becomes.
Breakdown of Açlık arttıkça yemek daha lezzetli oluyor.
olmak
to be
yemek
the food
lezzetli
delicious
daha
more
Questions & Answers about Açlık arttıkça yemek daha lezzetli oluyor.
What does the suffix -dikçe express in this sentence and how would you translate Açlık arttıkça literally?
The suffix -dikçe creates an adverbial clause meaning “as … happens” or “the more … the more …”. It attaches to a verb stem. Here:
• art (from artmak, “to increase”)
• + -tıkça (vowel harmony form of -dikçe)
= arttıkça
So Açlık arttıkça literally is “As hunger increases”, idiomatically “The hungrier you get …”.
How is arttıkça formed? Why does it have a double t?
- Remove -mak from artmak → art
- Add the suffix -dikçe, which becomes -tıkça after vowel harmony (back vowel a requires ı).
- Consonant assimilation: the suffix’s d becomes t next to the root’s final t, yielding arttıkça (two ts).
Why is açlık not marked with any case ending?
In an -dikçe subordinate clause, açlık is simply the topic/subject of that clause and remains in the nominative (unmarked) form. There’s no need for accusative, genitive or any other case here.
What part of speech is yemek and why doesn’t it carry a suffix?