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### The "So... That..." Construction

When talking about deep sleep cycles and vivid dreams, you might want to describe an experience that was *so* extreme *that* it caused a specific result. In Turkish, you can connect an extreme degree to its consequence using the **o kadar ... ki** structure.

Here is how you build it:
- Place **o kadar** (meaning "so" or "to that degree") right before the adjective or adverb you want to emphasize.
- Place the conjunction **ki** (meaning "that") at the end of that first clause.
- Follow it immediately with the result clause.

The basic pattern looks like this:
**o kadar** + Adjective/Adverb + ... + **ki** + Result Clause

Remember that **ki** in this context is a conjunction, so it is always written as a separate word. 

Let's look at how this works when describing sleep talking or a vivid dream created by the subconscious:

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### Emphasizing Adjectives vs. Adverbs

You can use this structure to emphasize both adverbs (how an action is done) and adjectives (how something is). Notice how **o kadar** comes before the descriptive word in both cases.

When describing an action, such as sleeping without interruption, **o kadar** modifies the adverb:

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When describing a state of being, **o kadar** modifies the adjective. In these cases, the verb in the first clause is usually just the "to be" personal suffix attached directly to the adjective:

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Degree consequence (o kadar ... ki)

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
to talk in one's sleep	sayıklamak
He was talking in his sleep so loudly that I woke up suddenly.	O kadar yüksek sesle sayıklıyordu ki aniden uyandım.
subconscious	bilinçaltı
His subconscious has been very messy since yesterday; he is constantly talking in his sleep.	Dünden beri bilinçaltı çok karışık; sürekli sayıklıyor.
distinct / clear (noticeable)	belirgin
My subconscious created such a vivid dream that I thought it was real.	Bilinçaltım o kadar belirgin bir rüya yarattı ki gerçek sandım.
phase / stage (in a process)	evre
uninterrupted / sound (sleep)	deliksiz
In this phase of sleep, he was able to sleep soundly.	Uykunun bu evresinde deliksiz uyuyabildi.
to startle / to jolt	irkilmek
The first phase was so short that I startled immediately and woke up.	İlk evre o kadar kısaydı ki hemen irkildim ve uyandım.
to stir / to move (slightly)	kımıldamak
She was sleeping so soundly that she wasn't stirring at all.	O kadar deliksiz uyuyordu ki hiç kımıldamıyordu.
uneasy / anxious	tedirgin
Just as she was about to stir, she became uneasy because of her dream.	Tam kımıldayacakken rüyasından dolayı tedirgin oldu.
groggy / dazed	sersem
He jolted suddenly, yet he was looking very groggy.	Aniden irkildi, yine de çok sersem görünüyordu.
blurry / hazy	bulanık
I was so groggy in the morning that everything looked blurry.	Sabah o kadar sersemdim ki her şey bulanık görünüyordu.
Since he had a vivid nightmare, was he getting uneasy at night?	Belirgin bir kabus gördüğüne göre, gece tedirgin oluyor muydu?
His mind was blurry, but he had to wake up immediately.	Zihni bulanıktı ama hemen uyanmalıydı.
quite, perfectly	gayet
The exam was quite easy.	Sınav gayet kolaydı.
His Turkish is perfectly good.	Türkçesi gayet iyi.
enough, sufficiently	yeterince
You did not study enough.	Yeterince çalışmadın.
This room is not big enough.	Bu oda yeterince büyük değil.

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