Word
Bu ilaç sadece etkili değil, aynı zamanda benzersiz.
Meaning
This medicine is not only effective, but also unique.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Bu ilaç sadece etkili değil, aynı zamanda benzersiz.
bu
this
ilaç
medicine
sadece ... değil, aynı zamanda
not only... but also
etkili
effective
Questions & Answers about Bu ilaç sadece etkili değil, aynı zamanda benzersiz.
Why does değil come right after etkili instead of at the very end of the sentence?
In the sadece ... değil, aynı zamanda ... (not only ... but also) structure, değil negates the first element to mean "not just [X]". Since we are saying the medicine is "not just effective", değil must immediately follow etkili to pair with sadece.
The lesson says the pattern is sadece ... değil, aynı zamanda ... (da). Why is there no da or de after benzersiz here?
The da/de (also/too) is optional in this structure. Saying aynı zamanda benzersiz de is perfectly correct and adds a bit more emphasis, but leaving it out is very common in everyday Turkish and sounds completely natural.
Doesn't aynı zamanda literally mean "at the same time"?
Yes, exactly! Aynı means "same" and zamanda means "at the time". While it translates to "but also" in this specific grammar pattern, the Turkish logic is literally saying "It is not just effective, at the same time it is unique."
How does the word benzersiz mean "unique"?
It is made up of the word benzer (similar/alike) and the suffix -siz (without). So benzersiz literally means "without similar" or "matchless", which translates perfectly to "unique".