Word
Biz çok uyumsuzuz ama o gösterişsiz bir kadın arıyor.
Meaning
We are very incompatible, but he is looking for an unpretentious woman.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Biz çok uyumsuzuz ama o gösterişsiz bir kadın arıyor.
bir
a / an
o
that / he / she / it
kadın
woman
biz
we
Questions & Answers about Biz çok uyumsuzuz ama o gösterişsiz bir kadın arıyor.
How is the word uyumsuzuz built?
It comes from the noun uyum (harmony). We add the privative suffix -suz (meaning 'without') to make uyumsuz (incompatible). Finally, the 'we are' personal suffix -uz is added, making uyumsuzuz (we are incompatible).
Why is the suffix -siz used in gösterişsiz but -suz in uyumsuz?
This suffix follows four-way vowel harmony. Because the last vowel in gösteriş (show or pretension) is i, the suffix becomes -siz. The last vowel in uyum is u, so it takes -suz.
What is the root of the verb arıyor, and why does it have an 'ı'?
The root is ara- (to look for or search). When adding the present continuous suffix -yor, a rule called vowel narrowing changes the ending a of the root into an ı, making it arıyor instead of arayor.
Why is 'bir' placed between gösterişsiz and kadın?
In Turkish, when an adjective and the indefinite article bir (a or an) both describe a noun, the standard word order is Adjective + bir + Noun. So it is literally 'unpretentious a woman'.