Word
Onu delirecek kadar seviyorum.
Meaning
I love him enough to go crazy.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Onu delirecek kadar seviyorum.
o
that / he / she / it
sevmek
to love, to like
kadar
as ... as; until, up to
delirmek
to go crazy
Questions & Answers about Onu delirecek kadar seviyorum.
How does the structure delirecek kadar work in this sentence?
This is the exact pattern you are learning in this lesson: verb + -(y)AcAk + kadar. It translates to 'enough to [verb]' or 'to the point of [verb]ing'. Here, we take the verb delirmek (to go crazy), add the future suffix -ecek, and follow it with kadar (as much as). Literally, it means 'as much as will go crazy'.
Since there is no personal ending on delirecek, how do we know who is going crazy?
When you use the -(y)AcAk kadar pattern without a personal ending (like a possessive suffix) on the first verb, the person doing that action is the same as the subject of the main verb. Since the main verb is seviyorum (I love), it is understood that 'I' am the one going crazy.
Why is the pronoun onu used instead of ona?
The verb sevmek (to love) requires a direct object in the accusative case. Since you are loving 'him' (or her/it), the pronoun o takes the accusative suffix -u (with the buffer letter n), becoming onu. English speakers sometimes mix this up with the dative case, but in Turkish, love takes a direct object!
Could I say deli olacak kadar instead of delirecek kadar?
Yes, you could! Deli olmak means 'to become crazy' or 'to go crazy', which is very similar to the single-word verb delirmek. Using delirecek kadar sounds a bit more natural and concise in Turkish, but deli olacak kadar is grammatically correct and means the exact same thing.