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Güneş kremi sürmeden kumsala gitmemelisin.
Meaning
You shouldn’t go to the beach without applying sunscreen.
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Breakdown of Güneş kremi sürmeden kumsala gitmemelisin.
gitmek
to go
-meden
without
-meli
should
kumsal
the beach
Questions & Answers about Güneş kremi sürmeden kumsala gitmemelisin.
What does sürmek mean here? I thought it could mean to drive.
Yes, sürmek has several meanings. In this sentence, it means to apply / spread on something, especially with things like:
- güneş kremi sürmek = to apply sunscreen
- krem sürmek = to put on cream
- merhem sürmek = to apply ointment
So here it does not mean to drive.
How does sürmeden work?
sürmeden comes from:
- sür- = apply
- -meden / -madan = without doing
So:
- sürmeden = without applying
This suffix is very common in Turkish:
- yemeden = without eating
- gitmeden = without going
- bakmadan = without looking
So Güneş kremi sürmeden... means without applying sunscreen...
Why is it güneş kremi and not güneş kremini?