Emek harcadıkça emeğin değeri daha iyi anlaşılıyor.

As you put in effort, the value of that effort becomes better understood.

Breakdown of Emek harcadıkça emeğin değeri daha iyi anlaşılıyor.

• iyi: good
• daha: more
• harcamak: to spend
• değer: the value

Questions & Answers about Emek harcadıkça emeğin değeri daha iyi anlaşılıyor.

What does the phrase emek harcamak mean?

emek harcamak literally means “to spend effort”, but it’s commonly used as “to put in effort/work” or “to labor.” Here harcamak doesn’t refer to spending money but to expending physical or mental effort.

How does the suffix -dıkça function in harcadıkça?

Suffix -dıkça attaches to a verb stem to form an adverbial clause meaning “as/when [you] …” or “the more [you] …”. So in harcadıkça you have harca- (root “expend”) + -dıkça, giving “as you expend (effort)” or more loosely “the more you work…”.

Why is there a d in harcadıkça instead of harcakça?

When you take harcamak (to expend), remove the -mak infinitive ending, you get harca-. Then you add the suffix -dıkça according to Turkish consonant/vowel harmony rules:
harca- + -dıkça → harcadıkça.

Why is emek repeated as emeğin in emeğin değeri?

The first emek is the noun object of harcamak (indefinite “effort”). The second is emeğin in the genitive (“of the effort”) showing possession. Together with değeri (“its value”), it means “the value of the effort.”