Learn Turkish: Yeni çevreye alışıyorum. - I am getting used to the new environment.

The verb alışmak (to get used to) requires the dative case, which shows the thing you are directing your habit towards. Because çevre (environment) ends in a vowel, we add the buffer letter -y- before the dative suffix -e, making it çevreye.

How do you break down the word alışıyorum?

It comes from the verb alışmak (to get used to). We take the root alış, add the present continuous suffix -ıyor (am/is/are doing), and finally the first-person ending -um. Put together: alış + -ıyor + -um = alışıyorum (I am getting used to).

If I wanted to say I am getting used to the new car, would I also use the dative case?

Yes! Because alışmak always forces the object into the dative case. The phrase for new car is yeni araba, so you would add the dative suffix -ya (using the buffer -y- because araba ends in a vowel) to get: Yeni arabaya alışıyorum.

Does the adjective yeni (new) change because of the dative case?