Breakdown of O çok kilo aldı, bu yüzden çikolata yemeyecek.
o
that / he / she / it
çok
a lot of / many
yemek
to eat
almak
to take, to buy
kilo
weight
bu yüzden
that's why / therefore
çikolata
chocolate
Questions & Answers about O çok kilo aldı, bu yüzden çikolata yemeyecek.
How exactly is the negative future tense built in yemeyecek?
Let's break it down piece by piece: ye (verb root: eat) + me (negative suffix) + y (buffer letter to separate two vowels) + ecek (future suffix). Since the subject is o (he/she), there is no personal ending at the very end.
Wait, I learned that "she will eat" is yiyecek. Why doesn't the root ye- change to yi- in the negative yemeyecek?
That's a great catch! In the positive form (yiyecek), the root ye- touches the buffer -y-, which forces the e to narrow into an i. But in the negative form, the negative suffix -me- steps in between the root and the buffer. Because ye- is no longer touching the -y-, it stays exactly as it is: yemeyecek.
Doesn't the verb aldı usually mean "took" or "bought"?
Yes, the basic meaning of almak is "to take" or "to buy". However, in Turkish, you don't "gain" weight, you "take" it. The set phrase for gaining weight is kilo almak. So çok kilo aldı literally means "she took a lot of kilos".
How does bu yüzden mean "therefore"?
Bu means "this". The word yüz can mean "face", "hundred", or "reason/cause". Here, it means "reason". When you add the "from" suffix (-den), you get yüzden. So bu yüzden literally means "from this reason", which is the everyday Turkish way to say "therefore" or "so".
Why is it just çikolata and not çikolatayı?
We use the specific direct object suffix (the accusative case, like -yı in çikolatayı) only when talking about a specific thing, like "the chocolate". Here, she is avoiding chocolate in general. General objects sit right next to the verb in their plain, dictionary form.
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