Questions & Answers about Ben çok sakarım, masaya çarpıverdim.
How is the suddenness suffix formed in çarpıverdim?
It uses the structure from this lesson: the verb root çarp (bump/hit) + the suddenness suffix -ıver + the past tense -di + the personal ending -m (I). Because çarp ends in a consonant and its last vowel is 'a', it takes the -ı version of the suffix according to 4-way vowel harmony, making it çarpıver.
What is the exact difference between saying çarptım and çarpıverdim?
If you just say çarptım, it simply means 'I bumped'. Adding the suffix -ıver to make çarpıverdim adds the feeling that it happened in a split second, unexpectedly, or without you meaning to. It perfectly highlights the speaker's clumsiness!
Why is it masaya and not just masayı or masada?
The verb çarp (to bump or hit) requires the dative case, which shows direction towards something. In English you bump 'into' a table, but in Turkish you bump 'to' it. Since masa ends in a vowel, we add the buffer letter y and the dative suffix -a to get masaya.
How does the word sakarım break down?
It comes from the adjective sakar, which means 'clumsy'. We add the Type 1 personal suffix -ım (I am) directly to the adjective to make sakarım (I am clumsy).
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