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Süt tencereden çabuk taşar.

Süt tencereden çabuk taşar.
Milk overflows quickly from the pot.
From Lesson 107:Simple present for short words (-Ar)·Turkish

Breakdown of Süt tencereden çabuk taşar.

süt
milk
çabuk
quick, quickly
tencere
pot
taşmak
to overflow

Questions & Answers about Süt tencereden çabuk taşar.

Why does taşar use the -ar suffix instead of -ır for the aorist (simple present) tense?
The verb root is taş- (to overflow). Because it has only one syllable and ends in a consonant, it takes the -Ar form of the aorist suffix. Based on vowel harmony with the 'a' in taş, we add -ar to make taşar. Multi-syllable roots would usually take the -Ir form.
Why is tencere (pot) used with the -den (from) suffix here?
In English, we might say milk overflows 'out of' the pot. In Turkish, verbs that show movement away from a source or origin usually take the ablative case -den or -dan (from). So the milk overflows from the pot (tencereden).
I thought çabuk meant 'quick'. How does it mean 'quickly' here?
In Turkish, you often do not need a special suffix (like '-ly' in English) to turn an adjective into an adverb. You just place the adjective directly before the verb to describe how the action happens. Here, çabuk acts as an adverb modifying taşar.
Doesn't taş mean 'stone'?
Yes, the noun taş means 'stone'. However, here it is the verb root taş- (from taşmak, meaning to overflow or boil over). They are homophones, meaning they look and sound exactly the same, but the ending -ar shows it is a verb in this sentence.

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