Breakdown of Ben biberonu getirene kadar bebeği oyala.
bebek
baby
ben
I
getirmek
to bring
kadar
as ... as; until, up to
biberon
baby bottle
oyalamak
to distract / to entertain
Questions & Answers about Ben biberonu getirene kadar bebeği oyala.
How does getirene kadar mean 'until bringing'?
This uses the structure for 'until doing something': verb root + -(y)ana or -(y)ene + kadar. The verb is getirmek (to bring). We drop the -mek and add -ene to match the front vowels in getir, giving us getirene kadar.
There is no personal suffix on getirene kadar. How do we know it means 'until I bring'?
With the -(y)ana kadar structure, the verb form itself doesn't change to show who is doing the action. Instead, you just state the subject. Because this sentence explicitly starts with Ben (I), we know it means 'until I bring'. If it were 'until you bring', it would be Sen getirene kadar.
Why is the word for baby written as bebeği with a ğ?
The root word is bebek (baby). Because the baby is the specific direct object being distracted, it takes the accusative case suffix -i. When a vowel suffix is added to a word ending in k, the k softens into a ğ, making it bebeği.
What verb form is oyala?
It is the imperative (command) form of oyalamak (to distract or to occupy). To tell a single person to do something informally, you just use the bare verb root. So, oyalamak simply becomes oyala.
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