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?