Breakdown of Markette çok para harcadık.
market
supermarket
çok
a lot of / many
para
money
harcamak
to spend (money, time)
Questions & Answers about Markette çok para harcadık.
Why does harcadık end in -k for "we" instead of -uz?
In the present tense, the "we" suffix is usually -uz (like in biliyoruz). But the direct past tense uses a completely different set of personal endings! In the past tense, the "we" suffix is just a single -k attached right after the past tense suffix -dı.
Why is the suffix for "at" spelled as -te in markette instead of the usual -de?
The locative case suffix (meaning "at", "in", or "on") is normally -de or -da. However, because market ends in a hard consonant (t), it forces the d in the suffix to also become a hard t so they blend together smoothly. This is why it becomes -te.
Since the sentence says "a lot of money", why isn't para pluralized as paralar?
In Turkish, whenever you put a quantity word like çok (a lot) or a number before a noun, the noun itself must stay in its singular form. Because of this rule, it is always çok para and never çok paralar.
Can I use harcadık to say "we spent time" as well?
No, harcamak is used specifically for spending money, resources, or energy. If you want to talk about spending time, you need to use a completely different verb: geçirmek.
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