Breakdown of Bu ürün sadece bir mucize değil, aynı zamanda çok etkili.
bu
this
bir
a / an
çok
very
ürün
product
sadece ... değil, aynı zamanda
not only... but also
mucize
miracle
etkili
effective
Questions & Answers about Bu ürün sadece bir mucize değil, aynı zamanda çok etkili.
Why isn't there a da or de at the end of the sentence, since the lesson mentions it as part of the structure?
The full structure is sadece ... değil, aynı zamanda ... (da/de). The da/de (meaning "also" or "too") is optional because aynı zamanda (literally "at the same time") already implies the addition. You could add de after etkili, but leaving it out is very natural and common.
What is the literal translation of aynı zamanda, and how does it act as "but also"?
Aynı zamanda literally means "at the same time" (aynı = same, zaman = time, -da = at/in). When paired with sadece ... değil (not only ...), it naturally translates to "but also" in English because it introduces an additional, simultaneous quality of the subject.
Could I drop aynı zamanda and just use da or de?
Why doesn't etkili have a "to be" suffix to mean "is effective"?
In conversational or standard Turkish, the third-person singular "is" (for "it is") often has no visible suffix. You could write etkilidir using the -dir suffix, but that would make the sentence sound much more formal or declarative, like a written advertisement.
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