Question 1

How does kadar create the "as deep as" meaning here?

Accepted Answer

Kadar acts like a postposition meaning "as much as". It comes right after the noun you are comparing against. So, çanta kadar means "as much as a bag", and adding the adjective makes çanta kadar derin ("as deep as a bag").

Question 2

Does çanta need a special case ending before kadar?

Accepted Answer

No. When comparing plain nouns using kadar, the noun stays in its dictionary form. You just put kadar right after it: çanta kadar. If you were using a pronoun instead, like "me", it would need a genitive ending (like benim kadar), but regular nouns do not.

Question 3

Why is değil used at the end instead of a negative verb suffix?

Accepted Answer

We are negating the adjective derin (deep), not an action verb. In Turkish, to say something "is not" an adjective or a noun, you use the separate word değil at the end. Putting it together, çanta kadar derin değil means "is not as deep as the bag".

Question 4

Why does the English translation say "the bag" if there is no word for "the" before çanta?

Accepted Answer

Turkish doesn't have a direct equivalent for the definite article "the" in this position. Because you are comparing a specific drawer (bu çekmece) to a bag, context tells us you are likely talking about a specific bag in the room, so translating it as "the bag" makes the most natural sense in English.

Bu çekmece çanta kadar derin değil.

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