Word
Yavaş temposuna rağmen maraton koşucusu noktayı sekizi çeyrek geçe geçti.
Meaning
Despite his slow pace, the marathon runner passed the checkpoint at a quarter past eight.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Yavaş temposuna rağmen maraton koşucusu noktayı sekizi çeyrek geçe geçti.
sekiz
eight
yavaş
slow, slowly
geçmek
to pass / to cross / to shift (into a gear)
çeyrek
quarter (of an hour)
Questions & Answers about Yavaş temposuna rağmen maraton koşucusu noktayı sekizi çeyrek geçe geçti.
How does the time phrase sekizi çeyrek geçe work in this sentence?
To state that an event happens at a certain time past the hour, Turkish uses the hour in the accusative case, the minutes, and the word geçe. Here, sekiz (eight) takes the accusative suffix -i to become sekizi, followed by çeyrek (quarter) and geçe (passing).
The word geçe and the main verb geçti look very similar. Are they related?
Yes, they both come from the verb geçmek (to pass). Geçe is an adverbial form used specifically in time phrases to mean 'passing', while geçti is simply the standard past tense meaning 'passed'. Because of this, the sentence literally sounds like the runner 'passed' the checkpoint 'passing' eight by a quarter.
Why does tempo have the ending -suna before rağmen?
The word rağmen (despite) always requires the word before it to be in the dative case (to/towards). Temposuna breaks down into tempo + -su (his pace) + buffer -n- + dative -a.
Why does koşucu (runner) have the suffix -su in maraton koşucusu?