Questions & Answers about Gördüğüm en küçük porsiyon buydu.
How exactly does gördüğüm mean "that I saw"?
This uses the object relative participle from your current lesson. It starts with the verb root gör- (to see). We add the relative suffix -dük and the first-person possessive suffix -üm (my). Because -üm starts with a vowel, the k at the end of -dük softens into a ğ. This gives us gördüğüm, which literally translates to "my seen" or "that I saw".
Why is gördüğüm placed at the very beginning of the sentence?
In Turkish, describing words and phrases always come before the noun they modify. Just like a simple adjective goes before a noun, the entire phrase "that I saw" acts as a describing phrase for the portion. That is why gördüğüm must come before en küçük porsiyon (the smallest portion).
Why is there a y in the word buydu?
The word buydu means "this was". It combines the pronoun bu (this) with the past tense suffix -du (was). Because bu ends in a vowel, you must use the buffer letter y to smoothly connect it to the past tense suffix, resulting in buydu.
How do you form "smallest" in this sentence?
You form it using the word en, which means "most". In Turkish, simply placing en right before an adjective creates the superlative form (the "-est" version of a word). So, en plus küçük (small) becomes en küçük (the smallest).
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