Breakdown of Çocuk kabustan terlemeden uyanır.
çocuk
child
uyanmak
to wake up
kabus
nightmare
terlemek
to sweat
Questions & Answers about Çocuk kabustan terlemeden uyanır.
How do we get "without sweating" from terlemeden?
This is the negative adverb form we are focusing on in this lesson. We take the verb root terle- (from terlemek, to sweat) and add -meden. The -mAdAn suffix translates to "without doing [verb]" and tells us exactly how an action happens.
Why is it kabustan instead of kabusdan?
The word kabus (nightmare) ends in s, which is a voiceless consonant. Because of Turkish consonant harmony (often remembered by the letters in "Fıstıkçı Şahap"), the "from" suffix -dan must harden to -tan to match.
I see the word ter in terlemeden. Is that the noun for "sweat"?
Yes, exactly! Ter is the noun for "sweat". By adding the suffix -le, it becomes the verb terlemek (to sweat). From there, we drop the -mek and add -meden to get "without sweating".
Could I say uyanıyor instead of uyanır here?
You could, but it changes the meaning slightly. Uyanır uses the simple present tense (the aorist) with the suffix -ır, which means "wakes up" as a general habit or characteristic fact. If you used uyanıyor (present continuous), it would mean the child "is waking up" right at this very moment.
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