Breakdown of Hemen perdenin arkasına gizleniverdi.
arka
back
hemen
immediately / right away
perde
curtain
gizlenmek
to hide oneself
Questions & Answers about Hemen perdenin arkasına gizleniverdi.
How is the suddenness suffix attached in gizleniverdi?
The verb root is gizlen- (to hide oneself). We attach the suddenness suffix -iver directly to this root, giving us gizleniver-. Finally, we add the past tense suffix -di for "he suddenly/quickly hid." If the verb root had ended in a vowel, we would have used the buffer -y- (as in -yiver).
Isn't using hemen and -iver in the same sentence redundant, since they both mean "quickly"?
Technically yes, but it is very common and natural in Turkish! Using an adverb like hemen (immediately) or birden (suddenly) together with an -iver verb just adds extra emphasis to how fast or unexpected the action was.
Why does perdenin arkasına take the dative case (-a) at the end?
In English we say someone hides in or behind a place, but Turkish treats hiding as an action directed towards a location. So, it is literally "to the back of the curtain." Perde-nin is "of the curtain", arka-sı is "its back", and the -n- is a buffer before the dative -a (to).
What is the difference between gizlemek and gizlenmek?
Gizlemek means to hide an object (like hiding a book). The -n in gizlenmek makes it a reflexive verb, meaning "to hide oneself." Since the subject is hiding his own body behind the curtain, we use gizlen- before adding the -iver suffix.
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