Breakdown of Manzarayı görünce bu güzelliğe çok şaşırdım.
bu
this
çok
very
görmek
to see
şaşırmak
to be surprised
manzara
view (physical) / scenery
güzellik
beauty
Questions & Answers about Manzarayı görünce bu güzelliğe çok şaşırdım.
How did güzel become güzelliğe in this sentence?
The root word is güzel (beautiful). We add the derivation suffix -lik to turn the adjective into the noun güzellik (beauty). Then, we add the dative case suffix -e (to/at). Because we added a vowel, the hard k at the end of güzellik softens into a ğ, giving us güzelliğe.
Why is "by this beauty" translated using the dative case (güzelliğe)?
In English, we say we are surprised "by" or "at" something. In Turkish, the verb şaşırmak (to be surprised) always requires the dative case (-a or -e). You are grammatically saying "I was surprised TO this beauty."
How does görünce translate to "when I saw"?
The suffix -ince (which becomes -ünce here due to vowel harmony) is added to the verb root gör- (to see). This suffix means "when doing" or "upon doing". It doesn't need a past tense marker itself because the main verb at the end of the sentence (şaşırdım) already establishes that the event happened in the past.
Why does manzara (scenery) have the -yı suffix?
Because it is the specific direct object of the verb gör- (to see). Even though the verb is in a "when" clause (görünce), you are still looking at a specific thing (the scenery), so it requires the definite accusative case suffix -(y)ı.
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