Breakdown of Pamuk çoraplar hem daha kaliteli hem daha ucuz.
ucuz
cheap
kaliteli
high-quality
daha
more
hem
both / and (used in pairs as both... and...)
çorap
socks
pamuk
cotton
Questions & Answers about Pamuk çoraplar hem daha kaliteli hem daha ucuz.
How does hem... hem... work in this sentence?
It translates to 'both... and...'. Here it connects two descriptive phrases, daha kaliteli (higher quality) and daha ucuz (cheaper), to emphasize that cotton socks have both of these positive qualities at the same time.
Why is it pamuk çoraplar and not a noun compound like pamuk çorapları?
When stating the physical material something is made of, Turkish uses the material word just like an adjective. You don't add a possessive suffix to the second word. So, pamuk (cotton) goes directly before çoraplar (socks) without altering it.
Why do we repeat daha before both adjectives?
Daha means 'more'. English uses different forms like 'higher' and 'cheaper', but Turkish just puts daha in front of the adjective. Because we are using the hem... hem... structure to link two separate points, we repeat daha for each one: daha kaliteli (more quality) and daha ucuz (more cheap).
Where is the verb 'are' in this sentence?
In Turkish, 'to be' is often invisible in simple present tense sentences like this. You don't need a specific verb or suffix at the end of ucuz to mean 'are cheaper'. Just placing the subject and the adjectives together forms a complete sentence.
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