Learn Turkish: Yaşına göre çok olgunca konuştu. - Compared to his age, he spoke very maturely.

Yaşına göre çok olgunca konuştu.

Compared to his age, he spoke very maturely.

Breakdown of Yaşına göre çok olgunca konuştu.

according to / compared to

Questions & Answers about Yaşına göre çok olgunca konuştu.

What does the -ca suffix do in olgunca?

It turns the adjective olgun (mature) into an adverb. In this sentence, olgunca means "maturely" or "in a mature way," describing exactly how he spoke (konuştu).

I learned that -ca / -ce can mean "quite" or "rather". Does it mean that here?

The suffix -ca / -ce has a few different jobs! When attached to an adjective describing a noun, it means "quite" or "rather" (like olgunca bir çocuk - "a rather mature child"). But when it describes an action (a verb), as it does here with konuştu, it acts like the English "-ly" to mean "maturely".

Why does the sentence use yaşına instead of just yaşı before göre?

The word göre (meaning "compared to" or "according to") always requires the dative suffix (-e / -a) on the word right before it. So we must say yaşına göre (compared to his age) instead of just yaşı göre.

Where does the -n- come from in yaşına?