Breakdown of Delirecek kadar sıkıldılar.
sıkılmak
to get bored
kadar
as ... as; until, up to
delirmek
to go crazy
Questions & Answers about Delirecek kadar sıkıldılar.
How does the grammar structure -ecek kadar work in this sentence?
This is the structure you are learning in this lesson! When you attach the future suffix -(y)AcAk to a verb and follow it with kadar, it creates a phrase meaning 'to the point of doing something' or 'enough to do something'. Here, delir- (to go crazy) becomes delirecek kadar (to the point of going crazy / enough to go crazy).
Why is the future suffix -ecek used if the main verb sıkıldılar is in the past tense?
The structure -(y)AcAk kadar is fixed for expressing 'to the point of' or 'enough to', regardless of when the main action happens. It uses the future suffix because it expresses a potential result or limit that could be reached. The tense of the actual event is carried entirely by the main verb (sıkıldılar).
The English translation says 'They are bored,' but isn't sıkıldılar in the past tense?
Yes, sıkıldılar literally means 'they got bored'. In Turkish, verbs related to changes in physical or mental states (like sıkılmak to get bored, yorulmak to get tired, or acıkmak to get hungry) are often used in the past tense to describe a current state. Since the process of getting bored already happened, they are now in the state of being bored.
What is the root verb in delirecek, and how does it relate to being crazy?
The root verb is delirmek, which means 'to go crazy' or 'to lose one's mind'. It is based on the adjective deli (crazy). In this sentence, going crazy is used as the extreme limit of how bored they are.
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