Breakdown of Yıllardır bu problemle uğraşmaktan bıktım.
bu
this
problem
problem
yıl
year
ile
with / by / and (linking nouns)
uğraşmak
to deal with
bıkmak
to be fed up
Questions & Answers about Yıllardır bu problemle uğraşmaktan bıktım.
How does the duration suffix work in yıllardır?
Yıl means "year" and -lar makes it plural. Adding the duration suffix -dır translates to "for" a period of time. So, yıllardır means "for years". Because yıllar ends in a voiced consonant and its last vowel is an "a", we use -dır instead of variations like -tir or -dur.
Why is there an -le at the end of problemle?
Why does the verb uğraşmak have the -tan suffix?
The verb bıkmak (to be fed up) always requires the thing you are fed up with to take the ablative case (the "from" suffix, -dan / -den or -tan / -ten). In Turkish, you aren't fed up "with" something, you get fed up "from" it. That is why uğraşmak (to deal with) gets -tan to become uğraşmaktan.
Why is bıktım in the past tense if the English translation says "I am fed up"?
In Turkish, states of mind or body like getting tired, fed up, or hungry are often treated as events that just happened. You use the past tense bıktım (literally "I got fed up") to express the ongoing, present feeling of "I am fed up".
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