Breakdown of Biri sana çok bakarsa nazar değer.
sen
you
çok
a lot of / many
bakmak
to look
biri
someone / one (of them)
nazar
evil eye
değmek
to touch (brush against, make contact) / to affect
Questions & Answers about Biri sana çok bakarsa nazar değer.
Why does bakarsa have both the -ar and -sa suffixes?
This is the structure you are learning now! It combines the aorist (general present) suffix -ar with the conditional "if" suffix -sa. Together, they mean "if someone looks" as a general rule or possible future event.
Why do we use sana instead of the direct object seni?
In Turkish, the verb bakmak (to look) requires the dative case. This means you look "to" or "towards" a target. So you do not look at "you", you look "to you", which irregularly changes the root pronoun sen into sana.
What is the literal meaning of nazar değer?
The verb değmek means "to touch". So this common Turkish phrase literally translates to "the evil eye touches". It uses the aorist tense (değ-er) because it is stating a general fact: if someone looks too much, the evil eye touches.
Why is the word for someone biri instead of just bir?
The word bir is a number or adjective meaning "one" or "a". When you add the third-person possessive suffix -i, it turns into a noun or pronoun meaning "a certain one" or "someone".
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