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To express doing something "as much as" an action allows—like stacking as many boxes as will fit, or using as much space as you calculated—Turkish pairs the postposition **kadar** with a special verb form.

The formula for an adverbial clause of present or past extent is:
- Verb stem + **-dık** / **-dik** / **-duk** / **-dük**
- Possessive suffix (indicating who or what performs the action)
- **kadar**

Because possessive suffixes almost always start with a vowel, the **k** in **-dık** usually softens to a **ğ** (**-dığı**, **-diği**, **-duğu**, **-düğü**).

For example, with **sığmak** (to fit):
**sığ** + **dık** + **ı** (its) + **kadar** = **sığdığı kadar** (as much as fits).

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If *we* are the ones performing the limiting action, we use the "our" possessive suffix (**-ımız** / **-imiz**):
**hesaplamak** (to calculate) -> **hesapladığımız kadar** (as much as we calculated).

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### Setting Physical Limits

When coordinating logistics, directing a **nakliyeci** (mover), or managing a truck's **hacim** (volume) and **ağırlık** (weight), this structure is perfect for establishing exact limits based on the environment or your plans.

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The action setting the limit is often performed by an inanimate object or a physical property. In these cases, simply use the third-person possessive suffix (**-ı** / **-i** / **-u** / **-ü**) for "its".

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### "Enough To" with Future Extent

If the extent reaches a future or potential state rather than a present limit—like stacking pallets "enough to touch the ceiling"—you will use the future suffix **-acak** / **-ecek** instead of **-dık**. Unlike **-dık**, this future form does *not* take a possessive suffix before **kadar**.

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### Applying Limits to Nouns

You can also place a noun immediately after **kadar** to specify exactly what is being limited, such as a number of boxes, pallets, or even a unit of **ölçü** (measurement) like **santimetre**.

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As much as (-dığı kadar)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

postposition

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Demonstrative pronouns (bu, şu, o)

Basic question words (kim, ne)

Plural nouns (-lar, -ler)

I am and you are (-(y)ım, -sın)

We, you, and they are (-(y)ız, -sınız)

Negative statements (değil)

Yes and no questions (mı, mi, mu, mü)

Questions with 'to be' (mısın, mıyım)

Numbers 1 to 10 (bir, iki, üç)

Numbers 11 to 20 (on bir, on iki)

Numbers by tens to 100 (otuz, kırk...)

Counting objects (tane)

The locative case (-da, -de)

Consonant assimilation (-ta, -te)

Asking where (nerede)

There is / there are (var)

There is not / there are not (yok)

Asking how many (kaç)

Infinitive verbs (-mak, -mek)

Informal commands (git, gel)

Negative commands (-ma, -me)

Polite and plural commands (-In, -InIz)

Basic word order

Present continuous for consonant roots (-iyor)

Present continuous for vowel roots (-iyor)

Present continuous personal suffixes (-iyorum)

Negative present continuous (-miyor)

Present continuous questions (-iyor mu)

Future plans with present continuous

The dative case (-(y)a, -(y)e)

Consonant mutation (k, t, p, ç to ğ, d, b, c)

From or out of (-dan / -den)

Directional question words (nereye, nereden)

First and second person possessives (-(i)m, -(i)n)

Third person possessive (-(s)i)

Plural possessives (-imiz, -iniz, -leri)

The genitive case (-(n)in)

Definite noun compounds (-nin ... -si)

Indefinite noun compounds (bare noun + -(s)i)

Possessive buffer letter (n)

Spatial postpositions (içinde, üstünde)

The definite direct object (-(y)ı, -(y)i)

Object question words (kimi, neyi)

Adjectives modifying nouns

Manner and choice questions (nasıl, hangi)

Basic degree modifiers (çok, biraz)

Comparisons (daha, en)

Days of the week

Months of the year

The time question word (ne zaman)

Telling time (saat, buçuk)

Asking the time (saat kaç, saat kaçta)

Basic conjunctions (ve, ama, veya)

Causality conjunction (çünkü)

Means and accompaniment (ile, -(y)lA)

Purpose and beneficiaries (için)

Expressing desire (-mak istemek)

The past copula (-(y)DI)

The direct past tense (-DI)

Past tense personal suffixes (-DIm, -DIn)

Past tense negative (-mAdI)

Past tense questions (-DI mI)

Ordinal numbers (-(I)ncI)

Greetings and politeness

Saying 'too' (de, da)

Conversation fillers (şey, yani, hadi)

Conversational essentials

Reflexive pronouns (kendim, kendin)

Reciprocal pronouns (birbiri)

Indefinite pronouns for people (herkes, kimse)

Indefinite pronouns for things and places (her şey, hiçbir şey)

Conjunctions of consequence (bu yüzden, bu nedenle)

Correlative conjunctions (hem... hem, ne... ne)

Verbs taking the dative case (-e / -a)

Verbs taking the ablative case (-den / -dan)

Time origin (beri)

Time duration (-DIr)

Comparisons of similarity (gibi)

Comparisons of equality (kadar)

Perspectives (göre)

Verbal nouns (-mA / -mE)

Verbal nouns as objects (-mAyI / -mEyI)

Verbal nouns with the dative (-mAyA / -mEyA)

General necessity (lazım / gerek)

Personal necessity (-mAm lazım)

Third-person commands (-sIn / -sInlAr)

First person singular optative (-(y)AyIm)

Question	Answer
mover / transporter (freight or moving company)	nakliyeci
to fit (into something)	sığmak
The mover placed as many boxes into the truck as would fit.	Nakliyeci kamyona sığdığı kadar kutu yerleştirdi.
pallet	palet
ceiling	tavan
to stack	istiflemek
Let the mover stack the pallets enough to touch the ceiling.	Nakliyeci paletleri tavana değecek kadar istiflesin.
volume	hacim
We used the truck's volume as much as we calculated.	Kamyonun hacmini hesapladığımız kadar kullandık.
gap / empty space	boşluk
weight (heaviness, general concept)	ağırlık
They filled the gaps as much as the weight allowed.	Boşlukları ağırlığın izin verdiği kadar doldurdular.
He placed as many boxes as he found.	Bulduğu kadar kutu yerleştirdi.
The workers stacked as many pallets as they wanted.	İşçiler istedikleri kadar palet istiflediler.
The mover carried as much weight as he calculated.	Nakliyeci hesapladığı kadar ağırlık taşıdı.
We stacked as many pallets as the volume allowed.	Hacmin izin verdiği kadar palet istifledik.
We placed as many items into the gap as would fit.	Boşluğa sığdığı kadar eşya yerleştirdik.
There is no need for the mover to stack the items up to the ceiling.	Nakliyecinin eşyaları tavana kadar istiflemesine gerek yok.
We used the truck as much as we needed.	Kamyonu ihtiyaç duyduğumuz kadar kullandık.
measurement	ölçü
centimeter	santimetre
I reduced the dimension by as many centimeters as you said.	Ölçüyü senin söylediğin kadar santimetre azalttım.
The dimension of the gap is not as many centimeters as you thought.	Boşluğun ölçüsü senin düşündüğün kadar santimetre değil.